floor-to-ceiling, stalactite, stalagmite, spandrel

This subterranean metro station in Budapest is an epic cave of concrete stalagmites.

M4 Fővám tér station

The metro station is supported by levels of reinforced concrete beams; the resulting structure is similar to a net, like a bone or skeletal system

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 Stephen Jay Gould & Richard Lewontin’s 1979 article “The spandrels of San Marco and the Panglossian paradigm: a critique of the adaptationist programme” is one of the most widely-discussed papers in evolutionary biology over the last 40 years (cited over 3700 times according to Google Scholar). Probably every graduate student in evolution reads it, as well they should, both because of its historical importance and because it’s creative and intentionally provocative. Arguing about “Spandrels”, as the paper is colloquially known, is a good mental workout.*


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Oracle's Larry Ellison in Tree Dispute

In a trial set to begin June 6, the billionaire plans to take neighbors to state Superior Court in San Francisco over how their trees have obstructed his floor-to-ceiling views of San Francisco Bay.

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Designed by architect Leslie Rebanks, the Wittington Tower is a 20-storey octagonal tower located at 22 St. Clair Avenue East. It was completed in 1975 and its design received international acclaim and won several design awards. Part of the Weston Centre, the top two floors are occupied by the headquarters of George Weston Ltd., owner of the Loblaws chain. George Weston Ltd. occupies five full floors in the building. Wittington Properties occupies the majority of the fourth floor. Loblaw Co. Ltd is no longer located in the building.

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The horizontal members, called spandrels and separated by windows of tinted glass, are made of stainless steel, while the vertical members, mullions, are of aluminum.

floor-to-ceiling

A stalactite (UK /ˈstæləktaɪt/, US /stəˈlæktaɪt/; from the Greek stalasso, (σταλάσσω), "to drip" and meaning "that which drips") is a type of speleothem (secondary mineral) that hangs from the ceiling of limestone caves. It is a type of dripstone. The corresponding formation on the floor of the cave is known as a stalagmite
鐘乳石為岩溶生成物，是指碳酸鹽岩地區洞穴內，在漫長地質歷史中和特定地質條件下形成的石鐘乳、石筍、石柱等不同形態碳酸鈣沉澱物。鐘乳石是滴水石的一種。由於形成時間漫長，鐘乳石對遠古地質考察有著重要的研究價值。由鐘乳石形成的洞穴可稱之為鐘乳洞。

石筍

石筍（Stalagmite），為碳酸鈣石灰岩，位於溶洞洞底的尖錐體，是喀斯特地形的一種自然現象。

石筍形如竹筍出土，自下向上生長。石筍與鐘乳石成長緩慢，一萬年約長高一公尺。

spandrel

音節

span • drel

発音

spǽndrəl

spandrelの変化形

spandrels (複数形)

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1 《建築》三角小間(こま)：2つのアーチにはさまれた部分.

2 《切手》隅の装飾. （またspán・dril）