Hoʻohana mau ʻia nā kolamu pōhaku Roma ma nā ala hao a me nā kia pōhaku.Hoʻokumu ʻia nā kolamu Roma me nā kia pōhaku a me nā cornice pōhaku.Hiki ke hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ke kolamu pōhaku i ʻekolu mau ʻāpana: kumu kolamu, kino kolamu a me ka pāpale kolamu (pulu kolamu).Ma muli o nā ʻokoʻa like ʻole, nā ʻāpana a me nā ʻano o kēlā me kēia ʻāpana, a me nā ʻano hana like ʻole a me nā hiʻohiʻona hoʻonaninani o nā kolamu kolamu, ua hoʻokumu ʻia nā ʻano kolamu like ʻole.

ʻO kēia kolamu Roma he ʻano i kapa ʻia ʻo ke kolamu Ionic, a ua kapa ʻia ke kolamu Ionic he kolamu wahine.Ma muli o kona ʻano nani a hanohano, ua ʻike nui ʻia ka kolamu Ionic i ka nui o nā hale ma Helene kahiko, e like me ka luakini o ke akua wahine lanakila a me ka luakini o Erechtheion ma ka Acropolis o Athens.

ʻO kēia ʻano kolamu he ʻano lohi, māmā, a piha i nā kalai nani.He lōʻihi ke kino kolamu, lahilahi ma luna a mānoanoa ma lalo, akā ʻaʻohe curvature.He hohonu a he hapalua pōʻai ke awāwa o ke kino kolamu.ʻO ke kapikala luna he frieze a ma luna o ia ʻelua mau ʻōwili pōʻai nui i hoʻopili ʻia me kahi hale ma luna pono o ka architrave.I ka pōkole, hāʻawi ia i ka poʻe i kahi ʻano hoʻomaha, ola, manuahi a nani.ʻO ka hiʻohiʻona o ke kolamu Ionic ma Helene, he ʻano lohi a nani hoʻi, me 24 grooves ma ke kino kolamu a me nā mea hoʻonani o lalo o ke poʻo kolamu.Ua kapa ʻia ke kolamu Ionic he kolamu wahine.

Ua komo mākou i ka ʻoihana kiʻi kiʻi no nā makahiki 43, hoʻokipa e hana i nā kiʻi marble, nā kiʻi keleawe, nā kiʻi kila kila a me nā kiʻi fiberglass.