What is "astylar"

noncolumned \noncolumned\ adj. (Arch.) not having columns. [Narrower terms: astylar; unpillared] columned

Syn: uncolumned.

a. (context architecture English) Lacking columns or pilasters

adj. lacking columns or pillars

'''Astylar '''(from Gr. ἀ-, privative, and στῦλος, a column) is an architectural term given to a class of design in which neither columns nor pilasters are used for decorative purposes; thus the Riccardi and Strozzi palaces in Florence are astylar in their design, in contradistinction to Palladio's palaces at Vicenza, which are columnar.