Sentence examples for building setbacks from inspiring English sources

Backup generators are being installed on building setbacks and on the 15th floor, which has been set aside as a mechanical floor.

The new zoning code mandated building setbacks to permit daylight to reach the streets and altered the shape of future construction, and under its restrictions the Chrysler (1930) and Empire State (1931) buildings were completed.

Building setbacks, the proportion of towers to their bases, the angle of the rooftops, facade materials, paving and landscaping, the width of sidewalks, even the color and typography of signs -- are all covered by the proposed guidelines.

However the building setbacks are only more useful if they were designed along the prevailing wind direction rather than across it.

In a more physically relevant research, Yuan et al. (2012) studied building setbacks in dense urban environments for their influence on urban ventilation.

Likewise, the personal exposures could also be reduced by the introduction of building setbacks despite their effects being strongly influenced by the aspect ratio of a canyon.

Hidano et al. (1998) evaluated building setback regulations in terms of the increase in the number of trees, followed by net benefit and cost for the individual household.

Fifty-one canyon configurations with aspect ratios of 2, 4, 6 and different building permeability values (ratio of building spacing to the building façade length) or different types of building setback (recess of a high building from the road) were examined.

They then went on to write, "The Waldorf Wishire Residences - 26 luxury residences on the site of the old Palm Court building, setback 70 feet from Wilshire and 100 feet from Merv Griffin Way.

There were also twice as many terraces, which occupy buildings' setbacks, as there were balconies, which are usually smaller and project outward from the facade, Miller Samuel found.

These tiers also begin to taper inward from the exterior corners of the building, forming setbacks, and the exterior wall gradually takes on an eight-lobed pattern near the top of the building.