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ID: 300164243
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300164243

 

Record Type: concept
point blocks (high-rise buildings, multistory buildings, ... Built Environment (hierarchy name))

 

Note: High-rise buildings usually in tower form with apartments or offices grouped around a central circulation core; use when distinguishing from "slab blocks" which are more like rectangular slabs in form.
 
Terms:
point blocks (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
point block (C,U,English,AD,U,SN)
blocks, point (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
point-blocks (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
torenflats (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
torenflat (C,U,Dutch,AD,U,U)
Punkthäuser (C,U,German,D,PN)
Punkthaus (C,U,German-P,AD,SN)
torres de pisos circulares (C,U,Spanish-P,D,U,PN)
torre de piso circular (C,U,Spanish,AD,U,SN)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  V.RK

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Objects Facet
Objects Facet
Hierarchy of Built Environment (hierarchy name)
.... Built Environment (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of Single Built Works (hierarchy name)
........ Single Built Works (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of single built works (built environment)
............ single built works (built environment) (G)
Hierarchy of <single built works by specific type>
................ <single built works by specific type> (G)
Hierarchy of <single built works by form>
.................... <single built works by form> (G)
Hierarchy of <single built works by form: height>
........................ <single built works by form: height> (G)
Hierarchy of multistory buildings
............................ multistory buildings (G)
Hierarchy of high-rise buildings
................................ high-rise buildings (G)
Hierarchy of point blocks
.................................... point blocks (G)

Additional Notes:
Dutch ..... Wolkenkrabbers, meestal in de vorm van een toren, met appartementen of kantoren die zijn gesitueerd rond een centrale kern. Te gebruiken om ze te onderscheiden van 'slab blocks', die meer rechthoekig zijn. 
German ..... Ein Hochhaus, gewöhnlich in Form eines Turms mit Mietwohnungen oder Büros, die um einen zentralen Erschließungskern gruppiert sind; zu verwenden zur Unterscheidung zum "Plattenbau", der in seiner Form mehr rechteckigen Platten ähnelt. 
Spanish ..... Edificio de gran altura, generalmente en forma de torre, con apartamentos u oficinas agrupadas alrededor de un corazón de circulación central. üsese cuando quiera diferenciarse de "torre de pisos rectangular", que tiene una forma más parecida a planchas rectangulares. 

Related concepts:
distinguished from ....  slab blocks
..................................  (<single built works by form: massing or shape>, <single built works by form>, ... Built Environment (hierarchy name)) [300004843]

Sources and Contributors:
blocks, point............  [VP]
..........................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
point block............  [VP]
.......................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
point blocks............  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Canadian Thesaurus of Construction Science and Technology (1978)
.......................  Oxford English Dictionary (1989)
.......................  Relph, Modern Urban Landscape (1987) 145
point-blocks............  [VP]
.......................  Fleming et al., Penguin Dictionary of Architecture (1981) 245
Punkthaus............  [IfM-SMB-PK Preferred]
....................  Duden [online] (2011-) http://www.duden.de/node/827970/revisions/1143279/view
....................  GND - Gemeinsame Normdatei http://d-nb.info/gnd/4176374-9
....................  Sekler, Das Punkthaus im europäischen Wohnungsbau (1952)
Punkthäuser............  [IfM-SMB-PK]
.......................  Duden [online] (2011-) http://www.duden.de/node/827970/revisions/1143279/view
torenflat............  [RKD, AAT-Ned]
....................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
....................  Van Dale Online Woordenboek (2014-)
torenflats............  [RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred]
.......................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
.......................  Van Dale Online Woordenboek (2014-)
torre de piso circular............  [CDBP-SNPC Preferred]
.........................................  TAA database (2000-)
torres de pisos circulares............  [CDBP-SNPC]
...............................................  Comité, Plural del término en singular
 
Subject: .....  [CDBP-SNPC, IfM-SMB-PK, VP]
............  Fleming et al., Penguin Dictionary of Architecture (1981) point-block housing
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Legacy AAT data
Dutch .......... [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.......... AAT-Ned (1994-)
.......... Van Dale Online Woordenboek (2014-)
German .......... [IfM-SMB-PK]
.......... IfM Berlin
Spanish .......... [CDBP-SNPC]
.......... TAA database (2000-)

 

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