Setback (architecture)

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.

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[1] Setback. Encyclopaedia Britannica. 2008. p. 1725. ISBN 978-1-59339-492-9. Retrieved 3 March 2020.

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