Architectural columns have been an integral part of modern architectural design for some time. Over the last fifteen years, manufacturers have seen a major shift in material selection from wood to fiberglass or some sort of composite. There are enough choices available now that a builder can select a column of synthetic material that looks like stone, like wood or like plaster. Wood columns remain on the market for the traditionally oriented but the use of synthetic columns has overtaken at least 80% of the market.

Choices among synthetic columns remain popular because of the quality of production. Precision molding and finishing methods have led to products with finely detailed surfaces. One of the better examples of the quality inherent in these synthetics is the square non-tapered column. These columns are manufactured from a synthetic that gives them a truly realistic look. A square non-tapered column has the imposing elegance that many people assign to timeless public structures found in America’s civic centers and Europe’s urban centers.