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Slab blocks

Scope note

Medium- or high-rise buildings having smaller depth compared to their length and usually to their height; use to distinguish from "point blocks" which are usually towerlike in form and built around a central circulation core.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

30004843

Equivalent Terms used

slab block

Created

13yrs ago

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