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  2. Atrium (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    In a domus, a large house in ancient Roman architecture, the atrium was the open central court with enclosed rooms on all sides. In the middle of the atrium was the impluvium, a shallow pool sunken into the floor to catch rainwater from the roof. Some surviving examples are beautifully decorated.

  3. Cavaedium - Wikipedia

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    Cavaedium or atrium are Latin names for the principal room of an ancient Roman house, which usually had a central opening in the roof and a rainwater pool beneath it. The cavaedium passively collected, filtered, stored, and cooled rainwater. It also daylit, passively cooled and passively ventilated the house.

  4. Specks Hof - Wikipedia

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    In the stairwells of atriums A and B, original leaded glass panes designed by the painter Paul Horst-Schulze (1876–1937) are still present. While the upper floors house offices, the ground floor is entirely occupied by retail establishments, including two restaurants, many of which can also be reached, or only, via the passageways and atriums.

  5. List of privately owned public spaces in New York City

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    Privately owned public spaces (POPS) in New York City were introduced in the 1961 Zoning Resolution. The city offers zoning concessions to commercial and residential developers in exchange for a variety of spaces accessible and usable for the public. There are over 590 POPS at over 380 buildings in New York City and are found principally in Manhattan. Spaces range from extended sidewalks to ...

  6. Impluvium - Wikipedia

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    Impluvium in the center of the atrium of the House of Menander, Pompeii. Inspection (without excavation) of impluvia in Paestum, Pompeii and Rome indicated that the pavement surface in the impluvia was porous, or that the non-porous stone tiles were separated by gaps significant enough to allow a substantial quantity of water caught in the basin of the impluvium to filter through the cracks ...

  7. Atrium - Wikipedia

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    Amot Atrium Tower, a tower in Ramat Gan, Israel; Atrium, Cardiff, a University of South Wales building in Cardiff; Atrium Building, a skyscraper in Guatemala City; Atrium Casino, a casino in Dax, France

  8. Romanesque secular and domestic architecture - Wikipedia

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    The finest Romanesque town-house is at St-Antonin-Noble-Val, Tarn-et-Garonne, France, built by the Granolhet family in the early 12th century. This substantial house of three storeys has a broad street front, braced on one side by projecting bell tower with typical paired mullioned windows. The ground floor is an open loggia, with an arcade on ...

  9. Tablinum - Wikipedia

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    Architectural details of a Domus italica with the tablinum marked number 5.. In Roman architecture, a tablinum (or tabulinum, from tabula, board, picture) was a room generally situated on one side of the atrium and opposite to the entrance; it opened in the rear onto the peristyle, with either a large window or only an anteroom or curtain.