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Glossary for gem taxonomy

This Glossary is aligned with the GEM Building Taxonomy v2, support for v4 is coming soon.


The footprint of the building when viewed in plan resembles the shape of the letter L; that is, the building is a single unit (no seismic gap) with two ‘wings’ near to or at right angles to each other.

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This building in San Francisco, California has a L-shaped plan (Left: S. Brzev; right: Map data ©2013 Google, DigitalGlobe, U.S. Geological Survey)