Setback (architecture)
step-like recession in a wall
A setback, in the specific sense of a step-back, is a step-like form of a wall or other building.[1] Importantly, one or more step-backs lowers the building's center of mass, making it more stable.
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- ↑ Setback. Encyclopaedia Britannica. 2008. p. 1725. ISBN 978-1-59339-492-9. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
