Selected Bibliography Architecture - Form Space and Order | Page 132
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House on the Massachusetts Coast, 1948, Hugh Stubbins
An area within a large room can be sunken to reduce the scale of the
room and define a more intimate space within it. A sunken area can
also serve as a transitional space between two floors of a building.
View of the lowered living level
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