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  2. Deck (building) - Wikipedia

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    The term is a generalization from the deck of a ship. A level architectural deck may be intended for use by people, e.g., what in the UK is usually called a decked patio. "Roof deck" refers to the flat layer of construction materials to which the weather impervious layers are attached to a form a roof, and they may be either level (for a "flat ...

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  4. Observation deck - Wikipedia

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    An observation deck, observation platform, or viewing platform is an elevated sightseeing platform usually situated upon a tall architectural structure, such as a skyscraper or observation tower. Observation decks are sometimes enclosed from weather, and a few may include coin-operated telescopes for viewing distant features.

  5. International rankings of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    World Economic Forum 2017 7: 138 Number of billionaires 2016: 7: 74 Global Innovation Index 2024 [6] 5: 133 Politics and liberties V-Dem Democracy indices 2023 [7] 22: 179 Democracy Index (The Economist) 2019 [8] 14: 167 Freedom House ranking of political rights 2016 [3] 8: 195 Freedom House ranking of civil liberties 2016 [3] 195 Fragile ...

  6. The Shard - Wikipedia

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    The Shard is the second-tallest free-standing structure in the United Kingdom, after the 330-metre (1,083 ft) concrete transmission tower at Emley Moor. [56] Another planned London skyscraper, the Pinnacle (now replaced by 22 Bishopsgate ), was originally proposed to rival the height of The Shard, but was reduced to a height of 287.9 metres ...

  7. The Bartlett - Wikipedia

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    The Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment is the UK's largest and leading multidisciplinary faculty of the built environment, covering architecture, landscape architecture, planning, construction and project management, development planning and environmental design as well as many other specialist fields. It is particularly well known for ...

  8. World map - Wikipedia

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    Early world maps cover depictions of the world from the Iron Age to the Age of Discovery and the emergence of modern geography during the early modern period.Old maps provide information about places that were known in past times, as well as the philosophical and cultural basis of the map, which were often much different from modern cartography.

  9. Welsh School of Architecture - Wikipedia

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    The UK's largest Sky Dome, an artificial sky 8 metres in diameter run by the school and used for daylight modelling and sun-path studies, was built in the basement of the building in 1999. [ 8 ] In July 2013, the annual degree show of student work was for the first time held in London , at the Truman Gallery in Brick Lane. [ 7 ]