[Ads-l] "landscraper" (not in OED)

[Nancy Friedman]

"An imposingly long building, particularly one that houses a commercial
enterprise, such as a factory or hotel."

Word Spy's entry gives citations going back to 1986.
https://wordspy.com/words/landscraper/

>From July 2022:
"Behold London's 'landscraper'! Google's new UK HQ -- as long as the Shard
is tall"
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/jul/01/behold-londons-landscraper-googles-new-uk-hq-as-long-as-the-shard-is-tall

And from today, August 12 (where I discovered it):
*>>Speaking of DeepMind: Its new home is London’s ultimate
“landscraper.” *DeepMind
is based inside Google’s enormous new £1 billion King’s Cross HQ
<https://blog.google/company-news/inside-google/around-the-globe/google-europe/united-kingdom/platform-37-the-ai-exchange/>,
a super-long, low-rise building—essentially a skyscraper turned on its
side.<<
https://www.readfeedme.com/p/feed-me-london-edition

If this word has appeared previously in the listserv, my apologies; I
couldn't find it when I searched the archives.


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