Sentences with phrase «american building styles»

El Presidio is a historic home that combines Mexican and American building styles.

Not exact matches

Capitalism — that is, open, transparent, American - style capitalism — is still the best bet we have for building a broadly prosperous world.

Renowned for our family - style Poste Roasts and picturesque courtyard garden, our chef - driven Penn Quarter restaurant blends the traditional with the modern, infusing French brasserie cuisine with updated American twists — a pinch from the Chef's garden here, a dash from a local farm there — all in the historic setting of the 1841 General Post Office building.

Admittedly «Democracy» in the American style has some nice built in «limits» to corruption, such as term limits, but that is the «Law», something that could be added in without having a system of elections.

Proposals to build up to three American style jails each housing 2500 prisoners were announced in December 2007 and provoked an outcry.

The film also weaves in lots of scenes that are meant to make us think that Barnum was the first 21st century - style «woke» white straight man in America — a goodhearted fellow who gave circus jobs to outcasts of one kind or another (talk about a big tent: the repertory company includes African - Americans, little people, giants, conjoined twins and a bearded lady), not just because they happened to possess certain talents or physical characteristics that Barnum could exploit (often by appealing to the majority's prurient interests or bigotries) but because the onetime poor boy Barnum sees himself in their striving, and wants to build a theatrical - carnival arts utopia in America's largest city with help from his new partner, rich kid turned playwright Philip Carlyle (Zac Efron).

Hardy's challenge would be a similarly daunting one at Sylvanie Williams — a squat, 1960s - style building with about 400 low - income African - American students in the Central City section of New Orleans.

This 350 Chevy was a frame - off build with Mustang II style front suspension, power steering and American Racing Torque Thrust wheels.

Build Notes: The Chevelle is designed to illustrate where technology meets classic American musclecar styling.

Pricing is split between the more desirable American styled E and PA models built from 1954 to 1962 and the later PB and PC Crestas.

CSX4095 is accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity from Shelby American, Inc., showing that this is every bit a real Shelby, yet offers a practical alternative to experience the unmatched performance and aggressive style of these American sports car legends, at a fraction of the cost of a 1960s - built car.

Exhibiting Company: Steele Rubber Products Phone: [phone] E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.steelerubber.com Exhibitor Booth Number: 22982 Vehicle Builders: AutoCore Kustoms; Greg's American Classics; The Interior Shop; Superior Auto Sound Powertrain / Drivetrain Type and Modifications: Cadillac 429; PML valve covers; K&N filters; 200 - amp alternator; Kinetik power cells Chassis Type and Modifications: Autocore front and rear air suspension; custom - built rear link arms; Autocore front frame reinforcement kit; rebuilt factory suspension; Accuair E-level system; Air Zenith compressors; Slam Specialties airbags; disc brake conversion Exterior Modifications: ’02 Cadillac DTS door - handle swap; shaved side trim, mirrors and emblems; Autocore one - off front mesh grilles Interior Modifications: Modified stock dash; Vintage Air Gen IV system; Auto Meter gauges; Alpine navigation head unit; Rockford Fosgate audio system; custom - built center console; black leather seats with GM - style insert and interior panels

With funky styling and a reputation built around the tuner crowd and the sound - off set, the Scion xB almost single - handedly established the market for little boxy city cars in the North American market.

Lot # 349.1 - A gasser in the «American Graffiti» or «Two - Lane Blacktop» style, this Chevrolet Delray 150 two - door sedan, frame - up build features a custom interior with roll bar.

Built in the United States largely for the American market, the GL was introduced in 2006 as a sort of stretched version of the M - Class, and while it does share some styling cues with this popular, smaller SUV, the GL is very distinctively its own vehicle.

• Guardsman Blue with White Stripes • Black Interior • Ford 427 ci V8 • FoMoCo Tri-Power Holley's and Intake • 4 - Speed Top LoaderManual Trans • Side Exhaust • Single Roll Bar • Titled as 1965 Shelby Cobra • American Racing Shelby Hallibrand Style Knock - Offs with 5 - Bolt Pattern Jaguar Independent Rear Suspension Rectaunguar Chassis Modified MGB Front End Built by Unique Motorca

The Watchdog bloodline is an older lineage within the breed, but its thick build has led to it being classified among the new - style American Bully lines.

Apparently there is an American and European style Labrador, with the European style being more broadly built, heavier set, with a blocky head; similar to labs seen in the show rings.

Whereas the American style was built more for purpose instead of preference; they are more athletically built, have longer legs, a less blocky head, and a more defined rib cage.

American Frontier - style Hotel with buildings designed to resemble a town in the Old West, with Indian village, corral & log fort...

Santa Barbara, nicknamed «the American Riviera,» has a burnished antique look like much of the Mediterranean, but the current Spanish colonial style architecture, all red tiled roofs and whitewashed courtyards covered in climbing bougainvillea, didn't take root until 1925, when an earthquake damaged downtown buildings, making room for a whole new style.

Though Santa Barbara, nicknamed «the American Riviera,» may have a burnished antique look of much of the Mediterranean, the current Spanish colonial - style architecture — all red - tiled roofs and whitewashed courtyards covered in climbing bougainvillea — didn't take root until 1925, when an earthquake damaged downtown buildings, making room for a whole new style.

Hotel Luisiana was originally owned by an American, who built the hotel in the 1950s in his native southern - American style.

American architects further developed this style in the Philippines, given the Philippines» Spanish heritage, but at the same time modernizing the buildings with American amenities.

In reaction to the «glass boxes» issue, some younger American architects such as Michael Graves (1945 ---RRB- have rejected the austere, boxy look in favor of postmodern buildings, such as those by Philip C. Johnson (1906 — 2005) with striking contours and bold decoration that alludes to historical styles of architecture.

The Hunter House is an example of the Italianate style and was built by a successful 19th - century African American businesswoman.

Contemporary hotel housed in the Gothic - Revival - style American Radiator Building, dating from 1924 - Between 5th and 6th Aves.

An American form of Bauhaus architecture called the international style was accepted in Hawaiʻi and became a trend especially for downtown Honolulu office buildings.

George Bigelow Rogers (1870 — 1945) was an American architect, best known for the wide variety of buildings that he designed in Mobile, Alabama, including mansions in historic European styles and other private residences, churches and public buildings, and the first 11 - story skyscraper in Mobile and the Southeast United States.

Based on pure geometric form, buildings in the International style have been both praised as minimalist monuments to American culture and corporate success by some, and criticized as sterile glass boxes by others.

American government buildings and skyscrapers of this period have are a style known as Federal Modernism.

The building opens completely onto the private garden that has 2 bedrooms on either side of the large open living room - 75 square meters - with its signature high ceiling and an American style fitted kitchen.

Built in 2 pavilions, Pavilion 1 is a Javanese teak Joglo that has been lovingly restored and houses the living area with a full American style kitchen and 2 bedrooms.

You may choose from tropical French Toast, Banana Pancakes, Eggs Benedict, build your own omelet, eggs any style, and many more scrumptious American and Costa Rican options (gallo pinto, plantains, etc).

The result: one of the most significant private collections of postwar American art in the world, with more than 800 works displayed throughout their ranch - style home in the Northern California Bay Area — built in 1969 with art installation in mind — and a nearby nine - building office campus designed in 1964.

DAVID ADJAYE, «Making Place: The Architecture of David Adjaye» @ The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago «Making Place» is the first comprehensive museum survey of global architect David Adjaye «s portfolio of more than 50 built projects, which includes the forthcoming National Museum of African American History and Culture on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.. His approach to design is unique: «Rather than advancing a signature architectural style, Adjaye's structures address local concerns and conditions through both a historical understanding of context and a global understanding of modernism.»

Family Style, a geometric collage of a building composed of colorful paper, white doilies, and commercial - grade upholstery, is an homage to 20th - century soul - food restaurants whose significance as African - American safe spaces was not always fully appreciated.

He returned to San Francisco in 2008 and says, «I was able to reabsorb the influences of the built environment around us firsthand, particularly in Southern California, and present my interpretations via varied rendering styles and sometimes scale-less environments coupled with a non-cynical acknowledgment of American consumerism.»

The parliament building in Sarajevo is a high - rise, built in 1974, following the American modernist style of the 60s & 70s.

The house is neither a large or an imposing building — with a total gross area of 1,815 square feet (168 square meters) is rather small indeed, at least for the American standards — nevertheless it is widely recognized as one of the masterpieces of the so - called International Style; yet, its strict relationship between architecture and landscape is eminently American.

In a reply, I note that the wealth and power of the Church that facilitated cathedral building are far harder to marshal in an American - style democracy.

Moreover, it's a little more difficult to get a building rated because LEED 2009 has taking on a more Système d'International of a 100 - point scale versus the earlier more American - styled 69 - point scale.

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This American style originated in homes built by German, or «Deutsch» settlers in Pennsylvania as early as the 1600s.

In this classic cream kitchen design, a tall kitchen cupboard and built - in shelf wraps around a sleek freestanding American - style fridge freezer.