Colonnade columns that surrounds the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. (in style a "peripteral" classical temple) can be termed a colonnade. As well as the traditional use in buildings and monuments, colonnades are used in sports stadiums such as the Harvard Stadium in Boston, where the entire horseshoe-shaped stadium is topped by a colonnade. The longest colonnade in the United States, with 36 Corinthian columns, is the New York State Education Building in Albany, New York. Colonnade In classical architecture, a colonnade is a long sequence of columns joined by their entablature, often free-standing, or part of a building. Paired or
Society of Architectural Historians of Architectural Historians". The name was shortened to its current form a decade later. SAH is currently the largest academic organization in the field of architectural history in the US. As part of its mission to "advance knowledge and understanding of the history of architecture, design, landscape, and urbanism worldwide", the Society publishes several works, most noticeably the "Buildings of the United States" series, as well as a newsletter and the "Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians" (). In addition, in association with the University of Virginia, the Society is developing an online encyclopedia of architecture called SAH Archipedia.