Here is a palladian surround we did for Plus One Masonry @ Pulte homes. As you can see the lines are clean and the look maintains it's colonial architecture. There are several examples of historical palladian/colonial buildings in Annapolis Maryland one of which is the Hammond-Harwood House
And a modern example in Baltimore is a multiple building project at Johns Hopkins University for Henry J Knott Masonry. Here it is 3D google maps.
Getting back to the residential palladian window, here is the design we use for a brick arch. There are two tricks to making it look good in my opinion. First is how the radial arch and the lintel jack arch come to a natural meeting point on each side of the 1/2 round window. Second is to avoid small brick pieces if possible. You do this by starting with a 7" long radial brick, and by the time you are to the 5th course on the 1/2 round center, the bonded arch meets up with the bonded lintel wing.
My vote is for calling it a palladian window.
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