hypostyle hall

(noun)

A structure in which a roof is supported by columns.

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Examples of hypostyle hall in the following topics:

  • Ancient Egyptian Monuments

    • Hypostyle halls (covered rooms filled with columns) led to peristyle courts (open courts), where the public could meet with priests.
    • This view of the Temple of Karnak shows they hypostyle hall, with massive columns.

  • Architecture of the New Kingdom

    • The columns of its Hypostyle Hall imitate lotus plants and contain elaborate sunken relief.
    • Thirty-nine out of the 48 columns still stand in the hypostyle hall, and part of the gold-and-blue decorated ceiling has also been preserved.

  • Art and Architecture of the Achaemenid Empire

    • It consists of multiple halls, corridors, a wide terrace, and a symmetrical double stairway providing access to the terrace, decorated with reliefs depicting scenes from nature and daily life.
    • The largest hall in the complex is the audience hall of Apadana.
    • This hypostyle hall has a total of 36 fluted columns with capitals sculpted into unique forms.
    • This attention to diversity also appears in the reliefs from the hall of Apadana, in which leaders and dignitaries from various provinces appear in regional fashions beneath a frieze punctuated by male lamassus adopted from previous Mesopotamian cultures.

  • Islamic Architecture

    • Founded in 670, it contains all of the architectural features that distinguish early mosques: a minaret, a large courtyard surrounded by porticos, and a hypostyle prayer hall.

  • Ancient Egyptian Art

    • Shown here is the hypostyle hall of the Temple of Karnak.

  • The Hall Effect

    • The Hall effect is the phenomenon in which a voltage difference (called the Hall voltage) is produced across an electrical conductor, transverse to the conductor's electric current when a magnetic field perpendicular to the conductor's current is applied.
    • For a metal containing only one type of charge carrier (electrons), the Hall voltage (VH) can be calculated as a factor of current (I), magnetic field (B), thickness of the conductor plate (t), and charge carrier density (n) of the carrier electrons:
    • The Hall coefficient (RH) is a characteristic of a conductor's material, and is defined as the ratio of induced electric field (Ey) to the product of current density (jx) and applied magnetic field (B):
    • The Hall effect is a rather ubiquitous phenomenon in physics, and appears not only in conductors, but semiconductors, ionized gases, and in quantum spin among other applications.
    • Express Hall voltage for a a metal containing only one type of charge carriers

  • References

    • Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
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  • Horyuji Temple

    • The western part of the temple contains the Kondō (sanctuary hall) and the temple's five-story pagoda.
    • The Tō-in area holds the octagonal Yumedono Hall (also known as the Hall of Dreams) and sits 122 meters east of the Sai-in area.
    • The complex also contains monk's quarters, lecture halls, libraries, and dining halls.
    • One of the most notable is its layout: while most Japanese temples of the period were arranged like their Chinese and Korean prototypes—with the main gate, a pagoda, the main hall, and the lecture hall on a straight line—the reconstructed Hōryū-ji breaks from those patterns by arranging the Kondō (main hall) and pagoda side by side in the courtyard.
    • The hall acquired its present-day common name in the later Heian period, after a legend that says a Buddha arrived as Prince Shōtoku and meditated in a hall that existed here.

  • Saloon Culture

    • The concert saloon was an American copy of the English music hall, and the forerunner of the variety and vaudeville theater.
    • The concert saloon, an American copy of the English music hall, was the forerunner of the variety and vaudeville theater.
    • By the mid-nineteenth century, the immense popularity of the music hall theaters created a demand for new and catchy songs.
    • As modern day variety shows became more and more popular, Music hall entertainment was deemed unfashionable.
    • Many music halls were closed as a result.

  • Good News from Sioux Falls

    • That enterprise is the South Dakota Hall of Fame.
    • Halls of fame are plentiful in the United States.
    • In the business arena, there's even an Accounting Hall of Fame.
    • Several states run specialized halls of fame—for instance, the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame, the Alabama Healthcare Hall of Fame, the Wisconsin Conservation Hall of Fame, the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame, and the Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame.
    • Every year, up to 15 people can be inducted into the Hall within each of 15 categories.