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  2. Figure-ground diagram - Wikipedia

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    Rather, this residual space is paved for parking lots that detach buildings from the rest of the city fabric. [19] Hence, Rowe called for a transcendence of space fixation and object fixation to create an urban environment where building and space achieve balance and a figure ground with shared dialogue between solid and void.

  3. Site plan - Wikipedia

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    Sites plan typically show buildings, roads, sidewalks and paths/trails, parking, drainage facilities, sanitary sewer lines, water lines, lighting, and landscaping and garden elements. [ 1 ] Such a plan of a site is a "graphic representation of the arrangement of buildings, parking, drives, landscaping and any other structure that is part of a ...

  4. List of building types - Wikipedia

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    Power center: among the largest types of retail properties; 3+ big box anchor stores; multiple large buildings with parking lot in front and loading in back; smaller retailers usually clustered in a community shopping center configuration; Retail outlet: manufacturers' outlet stores; 50,000–400,000 sqft

  5. Multistorey car park - Wikipedia

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    A multistorey car park in Hradec Králové, Czech Republic The interior of a shopping mall's parking garage in Kungälv, Sweden. A multistorey car park [1] [2] (Commonwealth English) or parking garage (American English), [1] also called a multistorey, [3] parking building, parking structure, parkade (mainly Canadian), parking ramp, parking deck, or indoor parking, is a building designed for ...

  6. Parking lot - Wikipedia

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    Diagram of example parking lot layout with angle parking as seen from above A parking lot in Manhattan, New York City, in 2010, with its capacity increased through multiple level stacked parking using mechanical lifts A subterranean parking lot of a Brazilian shopping mall taken in 2016 A sign at the entrance to an underground parking garage in March 2007, warning drivers of the maximum height ...

  7. Dingbat (building) - Wikipedia

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    Dingbat building named "The Mary & Jane" with styled balconies A stucco box. In a 1998 Los Angeles Times editorial about the area's evolving standards for development, the birth of the dingbat is retold (as a cautionary tale): "By mid-century, a development-driven southern California was in full stride, paving its bean fields, leveling mountaintops, draining waterways and filling in wetlands ...

  8. Architectural drawing - Wikipedia

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    An architectural drawing or architect's drawing is a technical drawing of a building (or building project) that falls within the definition of architecture.Architectural drawings are used by architects and others for a number of purposes: to develop a design idea into a coherent proposal, to communicate ideas and concepts, to convince clients of the merits of a design, to assist a building ...

  9. Architectural model - Wikipedia

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    Project managers discuss the plant development using an architectural model. Architectural models are used by architects for a range of purposes, including: Ad hoc or "sketch" models are sometimes made to study the interaction of volumes, different viewpoints, or concepts during the design process. They're useful in explaining a complicated or ...