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  2. Terrace (building) - Wikipedia

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    The roof terrace of the Casa Grande hotel in Santiago de Cuba. Terraces need not always protrude from a building; a flat roof area (which may or may not be surrounded by a balustrade) used for social activity is also known as a terrace. [2] In Venice, Italy, for example, the rooftop terrace (or altana) is the most common form of terrace found ...

  3. Terraced house - Wikipedia

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    A terrace, terraced house , or townhouse [a] is a type of medium-density housing which first started in 16th century Europe with a row of joined houses sharing side walls. In the United States and Canada these are sometimes known as row houses or row homes.

  4. Terraced houses in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The London Building Act 1774 made it a legal requirement for all terraced houses there to have a minimum wall thickness and a party wall extending above the roofline to help prevent fire spreading along the terrace, along with other specified basic building requirements. However, these requirements did not extend elsewhere, and towns had ...

  5. Terrace (earthworks) - Wikipedia

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    A terrace in agriculture is a flat surface that has been cut into hills or mountains to provide areas for the cultivation for crops, as a method of more effective farming. Terrace agriculture or cultivation is when these platforms are created successively down the terrain in a pattern that resembles the steps of a staircase.

  6. Royal Crescent - Wikipedia

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    The Royal Crescent is a row of 30 terraced houses laid out in a sweeping crescent in the city of Bath, England.Designed by the architect John Wood, the Younger, and built between 1767 and 1774, it is among the greatest examples of Georgian architecture to be found in the United Kingdom and is a Grade I listed building.

  7. Adelphi, London - Wikipedia

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    The Adam Brothers' Adelphi (1768–72) was London's first neoclassical building. Eleven large houses fronted a vaulted terrace, with wharves beneath, known as the Adelphi Arches'. Current view of the remaining building at 11 Adelphi Terrace, the furthest left house of the original buildings when viewed from the river.

  8. Victorian house - Wikipedia

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    Victorian houses are also found in many former British colonies where the style might be adapted to local building materials or customs, for example in Sydney, Australia and Melaka, Malaysia. The Victorian Society is a membership charity which campaigns for Victorian architecture.

  9. Terrace - Wikipedia

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    Terrace, a street suffix; Terrace, the portion of a lot between the public sidewalk and the street; Terrace (earthworks), a leveled surface built into the landscape for agriculture or salt production; Terrace (building), a raised flat platform; Terrace garden, an element where a raised flat paved or gravelled section overlooks a prospect