canted wall

cant wall

cant window
A wall canted on plan. cant window, cant-bay window A bay window erected on a plan of canted outline; the sides of the window are at an angle with respect to the wall; also see angled bay window.
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In addition, this assignment consisted of the installation of a canted wall in the reception and main conference areas with wall mounted sconces, giving the office space a sheik, modern effect.
Office fit-up in Iselin, N.J
1 Compressed corridor framed by canted wall planes leads from the entrance to the dining space.
Warp factor
The report said: "The new Nunthorpe Methodist Church, built on similar design to Coventry Cathedral with canted walls and windows directing all the daylight to the Communion table, had a capacity congregation for its opening and consecration on Saturday." Methodists have been gathering for worship in Nunthorpe since 1908 when meetings took place in a station cottage.
Church's 50 years has seen plenty of changes
The interior is 13 A' feet wide at the floor but, because of the canted walls, 16 feet at the eave.
Back-yard hideaways: A home away from home, but not far away
It has no skin; its canted walls of fleshy concrete, silky to the touch, are both its structure and epidermis.
139 MAXXI
Shortridge and Callas have domesticated elements of this vocabulary: weighty, asymmetrical roofs; splayed columns; and canted walls. But these forms are secondary to the light and space they manipulate.
First take first take first
Street with recessed lighting and canted walls holding displays.
Garcons a la mode
Gunter Behnisch adopted a different approach with a kindergarten in Stuttgart, conceived as a stranded ship, complete with portholes, leaning decks and canted walls (AR September 1991).
Kindergarten chats
To this end, a 194ft (59.1 m) long gutter element, 6ft (1.83 m) in diameter, is notched into one of the canted walls that enclose the whale-like hulk of the main auditorium.
Light box
As one moves through a Niles house, chromed columns and canted walls reflect and deflect the light, containing the open spaces and exploding the enclosed.
Ground control

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