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At the University of Miami, inside the columned fraternity house of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, one brother had some valuable information.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

It spans multiple interconnected rooms, including an ornate, columned dance space based in part on a rehearsal room in the real-life Palais Garnier, home to Paris Opera Ballet.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2025

On the other side of the high columned public spaces of the centre - past a children's museum and an interactive exhibit on traditional melodies sung during Ramadan - the Amakin exhibition exemplifies this approach.

From BBC • Jul. 8, 2022

Al-Zahraa Layek Helmee’s voice filled the spacious, columned hall with a melodic recitation of the Quran, a role customarily held by men in her country, Egypt.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 16, 2022

She didn’t know her way around Atlanta, but the strange mixture of gleaming glass office buildings, columned houses, stucco mansions, and long stretches of worn-out row houses gave her a sense of discovery.

From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John