Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Associated Concepts Facet
3. Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)
4. [concepts in the arts and humanities]
5. artistic concepts
6. formal concepts (artistic concept)
7. [form and composition concepts]

Additional parents:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Components
4. components
5. components by specific context
6. building divisions

Anotations

Scope note:

Withdrawal of the face of a building to a line some distance to the rear of the building line or to the rear of the wall below to reduce the obstruction the upper stories offer to sunlight and air reaching the lower stories and street.