(1) Any chamber that is connected to other chambers or passageways (especially one of the two upper chambers of the heart
(2) The central area in a building; open to the sky
(3) Any chamber that is connected to other chambers or passageways (especially one of the two upper chambers of the heart)
(4) The central area in a building
(5) Open to the sky [also: atria (pl)]
(1) The central atrium of the High Museum of Art, designed by Richard Meier, is once again filled with light from the skylight above.
(2) The right atrium receives oxygen-poor blood from the body.
(3) The gallery is approached across a voluminous, rather airport-like atrium that also houses the company's canteen.
(4) The right atrium and ventricle were severely dilated and hypertrophied.
(5) A long toplit atrium links two principal entrances and provides a central welcoming area around which the classrooms and main community facilities are arranged.
(6) Two three-storey blocks of offices flank a central glazed atrium .
(7) In a person without a heart defect, blood that's in need of oxygen flows from all parts of the body to the right atrium and then to the right ventricle, where it's then pumped to the lungs to receive oxygen.
(8) The origin of this design may be the Roman atrium .
(9) When the heart relaxes in between beats, the two u2018flapsu2019 of the mitral valve swing open to let blood flow from the atrium to the ventricle.
(10) Outline plans were submitted for a three-storey school built around a large atrium , with tennis courts and a sports hall included on the site.
(11) The headquarters is arranged as six four-storey office pavilions linked by an internal street, an elongated atrium with a glass roof.
(12) Central to the new building is the two-story atrium , with a north-facing glass wall, where patrons first enter to purchase their tickets.
(13) Apart from fulfilling his need for a garden and outdoor space, this red brick walled and paved two-storey area also provides an invaluable atrium through which light enters both floors of the house.
(14) A central atrium is the focal point of the building.
(15) The Sefton Hotel is built around a central atrium that houses an indoor water garden.
(16) Between the two buildings is a glass atrium that unites them and that plays a prominent role in the energy operations of the library.
(17) The building's triangular plan encircles a central atrium that works as a u2018natural ventilation chimney.u2019
(18) The building is a nine-story high-tech building with an atrium that filters light into a narrow space.
(19) With a fountain trickling in the atrium , and the different parts of the house going off from the center, it was grander than what any merchant in Greece had.
(20) Inside the building's three-story atrium one enjoys views of translucent walkways leading to the offices and to a restaurant.
(21) The rich lived in single-storey houses which were built around a central hall known as an atrium .
(22) It would consist of two inter-related buildings linked by a two-storey glazed central atrium .
(23) The larger areas, the reception, pub, and dining room, have been repositioned around a central atrium , as have the smaller offices.
(24) The sequence of these spaces in the palace suggests the atrium and peristyle of Roman houses, basic features of domestic architecture emphasized by the Roman writer Vitruvius.
(25) Around the central atrium on the main level are five major spaces: a reception room, library, dining room, billiard room, and ballroom.
(26) A central atrium provides the main pedestrian entrance to the apartments and in turn leads to the internal courtyard, which is at first floor level.
(27) The left atrium of the heart receives oxygenated (oxygen-rich) blood from the lungs and then empties into the left ventricle through the mitral valve.
(28) The rich had large, gracious homes, each with an entrance atrium , like the family room.
(29) This will be quite a modern building with a balconied atrium inside.
(30) This increase in left atrial pressure causes an increase in pulmonary venous pressures.