Search for companies that offer unique products for building columns

Find out what style and look your client wants. Then you can pick from the many materials and styles available. Discuss with the clients the effects of alterations to the original columns, such as painting.

I recommend: The most popular product for building columns at Worthington Millwork is fiberglass. They also create wood and stone columns and extruded fiberglass towers. The folks at Sandstone Design create columns from cast-stone, an architectural precast concrete material that resembles natural stone. They also use glass fiber-reinforced products and plaster for light-weight columns.

Use custom materials and designs in building a tower or column

Some suppliers of columns and towers can make your architectural designs come to life. If your client has a unique look and feel in mind, sketch it and have an architectural specialty firm make it.

I recommend: In addition to several column styles, Pacific Columns will customize one for you. They will create a column based on your capital, base, shaft, height and texture plans. Emerson Endeavors builds architectural towers in several designs. They offer enclosures and a variety of colors.

Buy your column and tower building products from an architectural supply company

When it comes to buying columns and towers, go to a specialist. Many architectural supply firms focus on columns, carrying many styles and materials. They also stock replacement parts.

I recommend: You can find a wide range of wood and fiberglass columns at Pagliacco. They manufacture and distribute several styles and will create custom designs. Stromberg Architectural Products carries a catalog of column parts as well as complete columns. See their catalog for unique and whimsical designs.