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In architecture, a penthouse is a building on the roof of another building, or alternatively, an apartment on the top floor of a building. See penthouse apartment. Architecture (in Greek αρχή = first and τέχνη = craftsmanship) is the art and science of designing buildings and structures. ... A penthouse apartment is a special apartment on the top floor of a building. ...


Penthouse apartments are often expensive, and associated with a luxury lifestyle: this connotation was presumably the inspiration for the title of the magazine Penthouse. An apartment (or flat) is a self-contained housing unit that occupies only part of a building. ... Penthouse magazine cover Penthouse is a mens magazine founded by Bob Guccione, combining urban lifestyle articles and soft-core pornographic pictorials, that eventually, in the 1990s evolved into hard-core. ...


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Penthouse in an exclusive complex located at a few minutes from Marbella centre in a peaceful urbanisation close to many facilities.
Luxury first floor penthouse situated in one of the most exclusive areas of Marbella on Spain´s fashionable Costa del Sol and is grouped around the dramatic greens and fairways of the golf course.
This south facing golfers penthouse is set on two floors within a walking distance to a famous golf academy and with great views to the mediterranean sea and the mountains.
Penthouse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (136 words)
In architecture, a penthouse is a building on the roof of another building, or alternatively, an apartment on the top floor of a building.
Some penthouses house machinery used to purify, heat, and cool air, pump water, and other utility functions; these are sometimes called mechanical penthouses.
Penthouse apartments are often expensive, and associated with a luxury lifestyle: this connotation was presumably the inspiration for the title of the magazine Penthouse.
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