the simplest of the major Greek systems of architectural proportioning and decoration, characterized by plain, cushion-like capitals and friezes with alternating panels (triglyphs and metopes).

one of the three orders or organisational systems of Ancient Greek or classical architecture which stood on the flat pavement of a temple without a base; their vertical shafts fluted with pararell concave grooves; topped by a smooth capital that flared from the column to meet a square abacus at the intersection with the horizontal beam that they carried.

A set of conventions that dictate which elements could be combined to make a Doric building. The Doric Order defines the concept of a building, which includes rules for correct proportions, the use of distortions to simulate perspective and foreshortening, the arrangement of architectural members such as the pediment and metopes, and the design, use and shape of columns. Elements of the Doric Order can be seen in buildings dating back as early as the 7th century BC, and the Doric order was used primarily in the construction of buildings on the Greek mainland and in western colonies.

The first of the three Greek architectural orders to be developed. Characteristics of the Doric order include, heavy-bodied columns without bases and tryglphs and metopes in the entablature.

A classical order with simple, unadorned capitals.

Archaic and Classical Greek architectural style, with unadorned columns topped by a simple capital, and with a triglyph and metope pattern decorating its external upper entablature, above the columns

The first and simplest of the three Greek orders and the only one that normally has no base.

The Doric order was one of the three orders or organizational systems of Ancient Greek or classical architecture; the other two orders were the Ionic and the Corinthian. The Greek Doric order was the earliest of these, known from the 7th century BC and reaching its mature form in the 5th century BC.