Sarah Kane

I hate the idea of theatre just being an evening pastime. It should be emotionally and intellectually demanding. I love football. The level of analysis that you listen to on the terraces is astonishing. If people did that in the theatre... but they don't. They expect to sit back and not participate.

English Playwright

Mark Haddon

There was a time in my life when I was going in and out of houses that were extraordinarily different - from a working-class terrace in Northampton to the homes of friends who were really very wealthy. It was quite an odd position to be in, I realise looking back, and quite a nice one.

English Novelist

Lothar Matthaus

Bundesliga matches are always exciting - with low ticket prices, standing terraces means all matches are played before the highest average attendances of any professional football league and creates a thrilling and breathtaking atmosphere.

German Athlete

Jeanne Damas

I've developed a habit of people-watching. In Paris, I love watching all kinds of people walking by from my apartment terrace, and while I'm traveling the world, I enjoy observing all the people in airports.

Author

Marianne Vos

I like to sit down, relax, have a cup of coffee on the terrace and read a book. I like to travel the world - and I'm lucky to see so much through cycling.

Dutch Athlete

Manuel Neuer

Schalke are my club. I used to stand on the terraces as a fan, and I've realised my dream of making it as a pro right here at my club.

Stephen Gardiner

Like flats of today, terraces of houses gained a certain anonymity from identical facades following identical floor plans and heights.

British Architect

Ken Loach

The most enjoyable things are the old eighteenth-century terraces that are still standing, that domestic architecture.

English Director

Jean Giraudoux

One of the privileges of the great is to witness catastrophes from a terrace.

French Dramatist

John McCarthy

When I see a slippery slope, my instinct is to build a terrace.

American Politician

Terrace implies a leisurely, outdoor seating area, great for recreation.

Outdoor Relaxation

A terrace is directly connected to a building; it's an extension outside.

Attached Space

Terraces are often associated with outdoor dining or cafes.

Al Fresco Dining

Terrace houses are connected to each other, sharing walls.

Shared Architecture

Terrace houses are common in urban settings for space efficiency.

Urban Living

Terraces in agriculture help grow crops on sloped land.

Agricultural Technique

Terracing prevents soil erosion by creating level steps.

Erosion Control

To terrace means to carve landscape into usable flat areas.

Land Modification

Terracing makes slopes manageable and safe for cultivation or building.

Slope Management

 chasing buffaloes I was hoping we would be able to find them he said the tracks were hitting in this direction so that's why I was just sitting with these elephants in the hope that maybe the elephants would help me find them in one of these blocks but it seems as though they've crossed in terraces on the trail of some Buffalo and so we're not going

The 5 Musketeers Eat...

 And it's ironic, because we're standing today in the Central Bank. You see, history's rich in irony. We're standing today in the Central Bank, and the Central Bank is responsible for a lot of the things I'm going to be speaking about. Okay? We're talking about irresponsibility in public office. We're speaking about the fact that across the terrace,

Afra Raymond: Three...

 and we worked with them to try to design the necessary flood protection in such a way that it only makes their waterfront more accessible and more enjoyable. Underneath the FDR, we are putting, like, pavilions with pocket walls that can slide out and protect from the water. We are creating little stepped terraces

Floating cities, the...

 Foundation are helping farmers like this one build hillside terraces and find other ways to conserve water but they're also providing for insurance when the droughts do comes the stability this provides is giving the farmers the confidence to invest it's giving them access to affordable credit it's

Let's prepare for our...

 like this organic community garden on the building's roof terrace. So I've shown how tall buildings can be social connectors, but what about public architecture? How can we create better social cohesion in public buildings and civic spaces, and why is it important?

Buildings that blend...

 terraces, and infrastructure using stone and without the help of wheels or tools made of steel or iron. One particularly notable aspect of their construction is foregoing the use of mortar, a material often used to bind stones together.

Machu Picchu 101 PIPE...

 with remarkable punctuality in just 10 days the terraces of this empty stadium become packed tight the male's come first the females a week later the macaroni is very much the penguin of the northern rim of the Antarctic very few

The Life of Macaroni...

 the space available to those who live there. This is, in fact, the 13th floor of one of these terraces. So you see new datum planes, new grounds planes for social activity. We paid a lot of attention to sustainability.

Why great architecture...

 on the top of the cinder cone and he probably won't forget that for his life. I would have loved to stay a much longer time. Unfortunately, we were restricted and we had to go up again and made it up to the 2nd terrace

Carsten Peter: Inside...

 and the process that protects us from the sun. Pretty much that whole bottom terrace now is completely covered in brand-new lava flows. With the new lava flow coming around against the wall there,