avant-corps


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avant-corps

[ä‚vänt′kȯr]
(architecture)
That part of a building which projects prominently from the main mass, for example, a pavilion.

avant-corps

That part of a building which projects prominently from the main mass, e.g., a pavilion.
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[beaucoup moins que] Citoyens de beaute [beaucoup plus grand que] (1967), [beaucoup moins que] Avant-corps [beaucoup plus grand que] (1968), [beaucoup moins que] Derisions et vertige [beaucoup plus grand que] (1983, posthume), figurent parmi ses principaux recueils reunis en un seul volume en 1999 sous la direction de l'universitaire, Hamid Nacer-Khodja.
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Supply and installation of furniture and equipment for the completion of the new avant-corps of the AO existing dell~avancorpo San Gerardo Hospital in Monza divided into the following lots:
Miscellaneous furniture and equipment
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