Marble

The limestone used was imported from Caen in Normandy, and Purbeck marble was used for the shafting.

Marble spolia from various sites in Constantinople and other parts of the empire were reportedly gathered and shipped to the construction site.

the mihrab, which is made of finely carved marble

of marble, 900,000 m3

Made entirely of black marble, except for the base and cornice, the altar would have made a striking impression.

There are 20 white marble pillars around.

concrete ceiling, metal, steel, glass, green Swedish marble in the main dining room

white marble and limestone embellishments

a marble loggia at the base a long red brick shaft a stone

27 free-standing marble-clad concrete petals

The facade is made of marble at the base, with white brick covering the upper stories

The arch is constructed of brick-faced concrete covered in marble.

a 19th-century white marble-faced triumphal arch

Built using brick, white marble and limestone

In 1920, Daniel Chester French designed the large interior Abraham Lincoln statue, which was carved in marble by the Piccirilli brothers.

Category:Marble buildings

The Victoria Memorial is a large marble monument in the Maidan in Central Kolkata (Calcutta), having its entrance on the Queen's Way.

Marble High School is a school and historical site preserved by the National Register of Historic Places located in Marble, Colorado.

Following the Indian Rebellion of 1857, many of its marble structures were demolished by the British, although the defensive walls remained largely intact.

The walls are made of handcrafted marble, and the roof is retractable.

The marble facade of the building contains ornate detailing, and the Fifth Avenue entrance is flanked by a pair of stone lions that serve as the library's icon.

Standing east of the Reflecting Pool and the Lincoln Memorial, the monument is made of bluestone gneiss for the foundation and of granite for the construction.

The angled exterior surfaces of the building are covered with marble from Carrara, Italy and white granite and make it appear to rise from the water.

The shaft is made from a series of 20 colossal Carrara marble drums, each weighing about 32 tons, with a diameter of 3.7 metres (12.1 feet).

The brick facade is painted buff, with black details, and contains a frieze that depicts flying fish.

The column is faced with white Italian marble that stands on a pedestal in the form of a Christian temple.

The exterior and interior are constructed of white and greenish-black marble in alternating stripes, with the addition of red marble on the façade.

To convey the republic's wealth and power, the original brick façades and interior walls were embellished over time with precious stones and rare marbles, primarily in the thirteenth century.

Thompson, of New York City, it is a Federal style townhouse with decorated marble and limestone facing considered one of the best and most intact houses in that style in the city of Troy.

=== Nave === Salisbury Cathedral is unusual for its tall and narrow nave, which has visual accentuation from the use of light grey Chilmark stone for the walls and dark polished Purbeck marble for the columns.

The 96 columns in the main prayer hall are clad with marble and inlaid with mother of pearl, one of the few places where one can see this craftsmanship.

The current building has approximately 850 columns made of jasper, onyx, marble, granite and porphyry.

It is faced with Madera County granite on the exterior, and Indiana sandstone within, together with finish marbles from Alabama, Colorado, Vermont, and Italy.

== Architecture == === Design === Consisting of four floors and 340 rooms, with a floor area of 200,000 square metres (2,200,000 sq ft), it was built using 700 million bricks and 3,000,000 cu ft (85,000 m3) of stone with little steel.

== Ruins == The Tell Baalbek temple complex, fortified as the town's citadel during the Middle Ages, was constructed from local stone, mostly white granite and a rough white marble.

At the time of its inception it was the largest marble structure in the world.

=== Facade === The building's facade is made of brick, granite, and terracotta, and white Yule Marble and iron are also used in the building.

The memorial is constructed with white Imperial Danby marble taken from Vermont, which rests on a series of granite and marble-stepped terraces.

The facade is divided into several horizontal tiers, lined with red Finnish granite, Tarusa marble, and limestone.

It is made completely with Italian marble with stained-glass windows.

The exterior shell is structurally supported by a steel frame with pylons embedded 50 feet (15 m) to bedrock at each corner pier, and the façade is constructed of translucent veined marble and granite.

The building uses beige marble from Yautepec, Morelos for the lower structure, while white marbles from Buenavista de Cuéllar, Guerrero and Carrara, Italy were used for the facades.

The staircases were constructed from polished Kaiserstein, while most of the rest of the interior was decorated with varieties of marble.

It was a seaside retreat for the Roman elite, as reflected by the extraordinary density of luxurious houses featuring lavish use of coloured marble cladding.

The headstones are made of Lasa marble which are aligned in eleven plots forming a generally circular pattern, set among a wide variety of tropical trees and shrubbery.

On the white marble walls of the chapel are engraved the names of 3,095 of the missing.

Within the memorial are a chapel, three large wall maps composed of inlaid marble, marble panels depicting combat and supply activities and other ornamental features.

Most of the interior spaces are lined with Alabama marble, except for the Courtroom itself, which is lined with Spanish ivory vein marble.

Except for the Belgian marble used to cover the inner walls, all other construction materials originate from Poland.

The primary materials used in the building’s construction were stone, marble, and wood.

The steps are made of white marble and the banisters of green marble enhanced with bronze decoration.

Its decoration consists of 24 columns of Corinthian white marble and bas-reliefs in antique style.

The Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests (祈年殿) is a triple-gabled circular building, 36 m (118 ft) in diameter and 38 m (125 ft) tall, built on three levels of marble stone base, where the Emperor prayed for good harvests.

Around the perimeter of the Main Reading Room are eight large marble columns that are each decoratively topped with a large plaster statue of a female figure, each representing a different aspect of knowledge and civilization.

Franchetti also took it upon himself to compose the mosaic pavement in the entrance hall that was made out of Grecian marble and red marble from Verona.

The [rotunda] is of Alabama marble except the domed ceiling, with fluted columns and Ionic capitals [while the library] is finished in carved English oak, the carving having been done in England; the high bookcases are fitted with glass shelves and bronze sashes, the windows are hung with heavy curtains [and] upon the desks are vases filled with flowers.

At its rear, the visitor passes through the casina, which again has a hemispherical rear facade, enclosing paired flights of re-entrant marble steps that give access to the heart of the villa complex: a two-story Nympheum for alfresco dining during the heat of the summer.

During illegal raves, the building's marble walls were marked with graffiti, and various items were removed, including radiator grilles and a decorative fish from the bar's fountain.

In the late 1890s, a former banker, Eugene Thomas, built the imposing villa fronted with marble Ionic columns.

The facade features nine arched French windows separated by Ionic style pilasters of pink marble.

Features within the three-story edifice include hand-painted ceilings and walls, frescoed ceilings, carved rosewood-grained staircase, hand painted floors, wall-to-wall carpeting, marble fireplaces, wallpaper of fabric-quality, and crystal chandeliers.

During this period, the tower was expanded, with the newer sections distinguishable today by their use of different materials, such as marble.