Some universities explored alternative visual layouts.

In the Foreign Office the central block was adjacent to the park, while with the War Department he gave the judges alternative layouts.

The DC-10 and MD-11 use an alternative "straight" layout which is more efficient, but leaves the engine high above the ground, making access difficult.

Trainees, however, should be aware of alternative layouts.

For 15 or more packs, an alternative starting layout is generally used with more columns, and fewer cards in the longest columns.

The alternative layout pioneered by Nash "became established practice and continues to form the basis of the modern and more sophisticated automatic climate control systems."

There is an alternative layout that uses the physical US keyboard to type diacritics in some operating systems (including Windows).

A Dvorak keyboard is an alternative layout.

In September 2005 the citizen group stRaten-generaal proposed an alternative layout situated a bit to the north, further from the built-up residential area.

A popular alternative layout is that of Theodor Benfey (1960).