As a reminder, we want you to submit questions to Ask OMS.  The purpose of Ask OMS is for you to post your questions related to architecture, and then we’ll provide the answers.  We often get questions related to architectural vocabulary, so this week we are providing the definition to the word architrave.

Architrave: 1. The lowest part of a classical entablature. 2. A molding enframing an opening such as a window or areaway or the open space between a rowhouse and the sidewalk, usually beside the stoop.

Source: http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/html/faqs/glossary.shtml

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