What is Setback (architecture)?
[[Image:Zoser Pyramid (2347235367).jpg|thumb|260px|Setbacks on the [[Pyramid of Djoser]], [[Saqqara]], Egypt]] A '''setback''', in the specific sense of a '''step-back''', is a step-like form of a [[wall]] or other building.<ref>{{cite book |title=Setback |date=2008 |publisher=[[Encyclopaedia Britannica]] |isbn=978-1-59339-492-9 |page=1725 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ea-bAAAAQBAJ&q=architecture+ancient+egypt+setback&pg=PA1725 |access-date=3 March 2020 |language=en}}</ref> Importantly, one or more step-backs lowers the building's [[center of mass]], making it more stable. ==References== {{reflist}} {{stub}} [[Category:Architectural elements]]