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# Set-off (architecture)
In architecture and masonry, the term set-off or off-set is given to the part of a wall or other architectural feature, which is exposed when the portion above is of a reduced thickness. In plinths, this is generally simply chamfered. In other parts of stonework, the set-off is generally concealed by a projecting string course. In parapets, where the upper part projects (or is proud of) the lower, the break is generally hidden by a corbel. The portions of buttress caps which recede one behind another are also called sets-off. The term for a set-off near ground level is water table, often sloped at the top to throw off water.
== References ==
- [[Professional Practice/Codes & Standards/National Building Code of India/Part 12 - Asset and Facility Management]]
- [[Design/Building Typologies/Commercial Architecture]]
- [[Design/Building Typologies/Educational Architecture]]
- [[Design/Building Typologies/Healthcare Architecture]]
- [[Design/Building Typologies/Hospitality Architecture]]
- [[Design/Building Typologies/Industrial Architecture]]
- [[Design/Building Typologies/Residential Architecture]]
- [[History and Theory/World History/Ancient Architecture]]
- [[History and Theory/World History/Classical Architecture]]
- [[History and Theory/World History/Contemporary Architecture]]
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