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  2. Skyspace - Wikipedia

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    A skyspace is an architectural design in which a room, which is painted in a neutral color has a large hole in its ceiling which opens directly to the sky. The room, whose perimeter has benches, allows observers to look at the sky in such a way as though it were framed.

  3. File : Van Gogh - Starry Night - Google Art Project.jpg

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    This is a featured picture, which means that members of the community have identified it as one of the finest images on the English Wikipedia, adding significantly to its accompanying article. If you have a different image of similar quality, be sure to upload it using the proper free license tag, add it to a relevant article, and nominate it.

  4. Architectural photography - Wikipedia

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    While both real estate photography and architectural photography are the practice of capturing interior and exterior photographs, the way in which the images are captured and used can vary greatly. At its core, real estate photography is used for marketing and sales, as opposed to architectural photography, which is more artistic and expressive ...

  5. Bosco Verticale - Wikipedia

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    Since 2005, the area has undergone a series of urban and architectural regeneration interventions as part of the Porta Nuova Project. [6] The Bosco Verticale is situated within the Porta Nuova district, a dense cluster of skyscrapers that includes some of Italy's tallest buildings: the UniCredit Tower , the Palazzo Lombardia , the Pirelli Tower ...

  6. Setback (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    Above that height, the buildings are required to set back behind a theoretical inclined plane, called sky exposure plane, which cannot be penetrated by the building's exterior wall. For the same reason, setbacks may also be used in lower density districts to limit the height of perimeter walls above which a building must have a pitched roof or ...

  7. Astrophotography - Wikipedia

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    Made from seven 180 second images combined and processed in Photoshop with a noise reduction plugin. Both digital camera images and scanned film images are usually adjusted in image processing software to improve the image in some way. Images can be brightened and manipulated in a computer to adjust color and increase the contrast.

  8. List of architects of supertall buildings - Wikipedia

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    Tuntex Sky Tower: Kaohsiung Taiwan [2] Taipei 101: Taipei Taiwan: Chongqing World Financial Center: Chongqing China: Loebl Schlossman & Hackl: Two Prudential Plaza: Chicago United States: LWK & Partners: Twin Towers Guiyang, East Tower: Guiyang China: Twin Towers Guiyang, West Tower: Guiyang China: Morphosis Architects: Hanking Center: Shenzhen ...

  9. Daylighting (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    Light from the sky can easily penetrate the upper storeys but not the lower, which rely primarily on light reflected from internal surfaces of the atrium such as floor-reflected light. [21] The upper stories need less window area than the lower ones, and if the atrium walls are light in color the upper walls will reflect light toward the lower ...