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Wedding cake
Also called Art Deco ziggurat, wedding-cake
The stepped, tiered profile of the 1920s New York skyscraper produced by the setback rules of the 1916 zoning law; also called the Art Deco ziggurat, after the stepped temple-towers of Mesopotamia.
Where it appears in the book
In the chapters The Modern Movement.
A feature of Art Deco architecture.
Nearby in the glossary
Wall rib · Wardian case · Wattle and daub · Web · Weep hole · Weight tower · Westwork · Whiplash