atrium
(eɪtriəm )
Word forms: atriums
1. countable noun
An atrium is a part of a building such as a hotel or shopping centre, which extends up through several floors of the building and often has a glass roof.
2. countable noun
The atrium is the upper part of each half of the heart. [medicine]
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It also has a three-story atrium lobby with thirteen elevators and two escalators.
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The new second-floor district courtroom overlooks the atrium lobby and contains dark cherry paneling and metal light fixtures.
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The two offices towers are connected by a four-story, enclosed 65 foot tall atrium lobby.
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The center also includes an atrium lobby, wireless internet, laundry facilities, a student lounge, seating areas and two outdoor basketball courts.
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It features the world's tallest atrium lobby at 180 metres.
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There are also two bars in the soaring central atrium.
The Sun (2013)
This will become a glazed central atrium, with apartments leading off.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
This involves erecting a 16m mast in the central atrium.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Homes are arranged around a restored central atrium, with a handmade steel and reclaimed timber staircase.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
He wanted one big building, with a central atrium.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
They soar up into the stained glass atrium.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Step a few yards along the main corridor and you find yourself in a glass atrium.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Or relax in the enormous glass atrium in deep sofas between treatments.
The Sun (2010)
Its office is built around a glass atrium housing a canteen and shops.
The Sun (2010)
You enjoy your meal in the brasserie, bathed in light from the glass atrium.
The Sun (2010)