Setback (architecture)

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Setback (architecture)
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A setback, in the specific sense of a step-back, is a step-like form of a wall or other building.[1] Importantly, one or more step-backs lowers the building's center of mass, making it more stable.

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Setbacks on the Pyramid of Djoser, Saqqara, Egypt

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