In classical architecture, ashlar wall surfaces were often contrasted with rustication. It was well known for its stone masonry that includes rustication and ashlar. A brick arch with rustication in stucco. Adjacent is a fine stable quadrangle with heavy rustication, a steep pediment gable and cupola. The arch is flanked with blind roundels above the impost line, with rustication below. The whitewashed surface was decorated with a painted pattern in a rusty hue, resembling rustication. He was risking "rustication", temporary expulsion. The basement walls are distinguished by smooth banded rustication. The first floor decorated with banded rustication. Often "prismatic" or "diamond" rustication is imitated. The building is typified by its heavy external rustication and severe decorative treatment. The podium level is also marked by banded rustication. The "rustication" of the Cultural Revolution failed. This was the source of the diamond rustication on the courtyard wall. The eight piers are clad in rectangular bronze panels to give the impression of rustication.