Concatenation (architecture)

The concatenation of the orders in Masaccio's fresco of the Trinity
This article is about an architectural composition. For other uses, see Concatenation (disambiguation).

The concatenation (enchainement) is an architectural composition that unites chaining parts together—as with separate elements in long façades, with the fronts being brought forward or recessed.[1]

  1. ^ Curl, James Stevens; Wilson, Susan (2015). The Oxford Dictionary of Architecture. OUP Oxford. p. 189. ISBN 978-0-19-105385-6. Retrieved 5 August 2020.