Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Components (hierarchy name)
4. components (objects parts)
5. [components by specific context]
6. built work divisions

Additional parents:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Associated Concepts Facet
3. Associated Concepts
4. concepts in the arts and humanities
5. artistic concepts
6. formal concepts
7. form and composition concepts

Narrower term/s

• wedding-cake setbacks

Anotations

Scope note:

Areas in a building, usually a tall building, where there is a step-like recession in a wall or building profile in order to reduce the obstruction the upper stories offer to sunlight and air reaching the lower stories and street.