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Identifying feature

Double-height space

A room or hall whose ceiling spans two floors, often with tall windows or an upper gallery, a balcony overlooking it. It is common in entrance halls and modern living rooms.

a sign of these styles

John Hancock Tower, Boston, Massachusetts: an example of Late Modernism Late Modernism c. 1965–1990 Sharp-angled towers in mirrored glass, sculpted concrete volumes, tall atriums, and smooth curtain walls with no ornament.

often seen with

Cantilever A beam, floor or part of a building that projects beyond its support and is anchored at only one end. Curtain wall An outer wall of glass and metal panels hung on a building's steel or concrete frame, carrying only its own… Exposed concrete Concrete left uncovered as the finished surface, often marked by the wooden formwork (molds) it was poured… Flat roof A roof that is level or nearly level, often edged by a low wall called a parapet. Modular repetition A facade built from one identical unit, such as a window and its frame, repeated in a regular grid. Skylight A window set into a roof to admit daylight to the room below, either flat or raised as a dome or pyramid.