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  • Above, two enormous X-shaped concrete crossbeams reflect and diffuse sunlight from thin clerestory windows, filling the atrium's ample space with a cool glow.

    A Monument to the Life of the Mind Charles S. Dameron 2011

  • So not only did I lose my notes, but I was forced to try to hear Ms. Lahti's interactions above attractive young Chinese performers standing on a nearby riser and belting out flirty songs to each other over the atrium's sound system.

    Sage of the Stage Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011

  • As a student standing at the atrium's edge, you can look around to see yourself surrounded by a sea of books and, vitally, your peers searching for books.

    A Monument to the Life of the Mind Charles S. Dameron 2011

  • A hopping singles scene emerges around the atrium's patio tables and in the upstairs bar at night, but this is more of a fine-beer-lover's establishment.

    Big Apple Spotlight: Downtown Drinks 2010

  • Not only has he neatly knit his complex design into the tight city site but he gives you frequent glimpses of the street and neighboring rooftops from windowed galleries or the atrium's balconies.

    RED HOT MOMA 2007

  • And scary moments for guests and employees at the Embassy Suites Hotel near Baltimore, the atrium's glass roof collapsed suddenly this afternoon, falling eight stories.

    CNN Transcript Oct 10, 2007 2007

  • Finally, a door in the atrium's west wall gave access to Room LVI (unexcavated), which, given its large entrance, possibly also had the function of an audience room.

    Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Domestic Area Report 2 2003

  • In the atrium's northwest corner was a private nymphaeum (2.1 by 1.35 m), provided with three small niches.

    Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Urban Mansion Report 5 2003

  • Giselle Gos (Archaeology, University of Toronto) sits inside the tufa impluvium while sketching a trench cut through the atrium's cocciopesto floor.

    Interactive Dig Pompeii - Field Notes: August 5, 2002 2001

  • Bombs dropped by the Allied Forces in the Second World War knocked out brilliant wall paintings and half the atrium's marble flooring, while shrapnel shattered the open-air waterfall and pool.

    Interactive Dig Pompeii - Field Notes: August 5, 2002 2001

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