Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
un gran vacío
English translation:
wide open space
Spanish term
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Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
un gran vacío
| 4 +3 | wide open space |
James A. Walsh
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| 4 +2 | ...a great empty space... |
eski
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| 5 | hall of lost steps |
Rosa Paredes
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| 4 +1 | an open concourse |
Evans (X)
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| 5 | foyer/vestibule |
yolanda Speece
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| 4 | an large passage |
Simon Charass
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Oct 2, 2009 15:06: James A. Walsh changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/107258">Spanish-English Translator's</a> old entry - "un gran vacío"" to ""wide open space""
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Spain
A cut above the rest in translation...
Native in: English (Variants: Irish, US, UK) 
, Spanish (Variants: Latin American, Standard-Spain)
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English to Spanish, and 2 more.
wide open space
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Maria Mastruzzo
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Thanks Maria
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Jenni Lukac (X)
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Thank you Jenni
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Karen Vincent-Jones (X)
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Thank you.
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Canada
Criminal, Civil and Immigration Law
Native in: English , Spanish (Variants: Latin American, Chilean, Standard-Spain, Mexican)
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, French to English, and 3 more.
...a great empty space...
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Note added at 17 mins (2009-09-25 00:43:40 GMT)
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Aug 2009 ... Architecture-Page | International resource for architecture and design ... with its empty space and arcade facing towards the park. ... manages to confer a great spatial variety of uniformity and continuity of materials ...
www.architecture-page.com/go/.../civivox-mendillorri - En caché - Similares
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buildable and capable of changing according to an empty space. The challenge is directed toward the city's negative space where the architecture can ...
cumincades.scix.net/data/works/att/ecb5.content.pdf - Similares
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10 Aug 2008 ... It's the space, the empty space where one often discovers the ... felt negative space was the very essence of architecture, ... And the great thing about a new word is it's is like remembering the name of a new friend. ...
telos.tv/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/look-ma.pdf - Similares
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Note added at 19 mins (2009-09-25 00:45:26 GMT)
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Saludos :))
eski
Canada
Over 20 Years Freelance Translation
Native in: English , French
Works in: Italian to English, French to English, English to French, and 9 more.
an large passage
or "a large lobby"
lobby : a corridor or hall connected with a larger room or series of rooms and used as a passageway [Merriam Webster]
an open concourse
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Travelin Ann
: I agree - it has a more positive sound than most of the other suggestions.
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thank you hooksett
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Efficiency and effectiveness!!!
Native in: English 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, English
foyer/vestibule
At first I thought it was a chasm but as I read the context, it seems to be some sort of open area that connects several parts of the building. That would be a foyer/vestibule.
Good luck!
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