Sentences with phrase «built glass towers»

Not only does glass transfer heat and cold much more than other materials - making buildings more expensive to cool in the summer and heat in the winter - but builders have typically built glass towers with the same materials on all four sides, even though the impact of the sun is far more severe on the south and west.

Worst looking storefront in NYC... time to knock it down and build a glass tower.

The company built the Glass Tower in 1981, which added 27 stories and 295 new guest rooms to the main structure of the Pantlind.

Not exact matches

For example, at 25th St. and Madison Ave. a black glass and steel modernist tower, itself not terribly distinctive, sits between ornamented and stone - clad buildings from an earlier era.

It is not uncommon to go into some of the poorest and most destitute communities around the world, where many of the people live in cardboard and tarpaper shacks and have barely enough food to live on, and in the middle of this community, find a large, grandly constructed church building with towering steeples, intricate stained glass, beautiful woodwork, and gorgeous hand - painted murals.

The landmark building is designed with glass façade and a three - storey brew tower.

In the end it built a coalition out of successful bankers living at the top of glass towers, middle - aged hippies and younger people, perhaps the first in their family to go to university.

The developer Sheldon Solow named his sleek black glass 42 - story residential tower at 420 East 61st St. «One Sutton Place North» when he built it in 2003.

Ten years later, no one knows what was in the cloud of gases released by the combustion of all that jet fuel and building material but science has revealed what was in the dust — cement, steel, gypsum from drywall, building materials, cellulose from paper, synthetic molecules from rugs, glass fibers and human hair from the long decades of the two towers» use, among other items.

Another advantage is speed: the glass house and solar thermal mirrors took six weeks to build, compared to a solar thermal power tower project under construction since 2009 by BrightSource Energy for Chevron in California's Coalinga oil field near Fresno.

, the Willis Tower Skydeck (I haven't been to the building since it was named the Sears Tower and there weren't glass - bottom observation decks), the Museum of Contemporary Art, The Magnificent Mile Lights Festival, and plenty of beer - related stops at bars and breweries.

Kogonada, a video essayist with Reddit cred, frames everything from towering glass office buildings to the long hallways of Casey's house with Zen - like composition, giving Columbus a beauty that strengthens the foundation of its two transcendent lead performances.

It compares the glass tower featured in The Towering Inferno with some of the world's largest buildings and observes that if it were real it would indeed be the world's largest.

The city center of Frankfurt is crammed with towering glass cubes built by the banks before Mr. Lehman fell ill and infected his brothers.

The glass hatch opens to reveal a built - in storage compartment and rear strut - tower brace.

* Human impact: Loss of habitat due to development, radio / TV / cellular phone towers, high - rise glass buildings, power lines, wind turbines, wetland destruction to name a few have had the greatest impact on the decline of native species around the world.

Inspired by the Gothic splendor of the nearby St. Stephen's cathedral, the renowned French architect Jean Nouvel has created a steep tower built upon a glass base that contrasts against the silhouette of the old town.

The glass - faced hotel towers 28 stories over Fourteenth Street, and with the sections of windows that are recessed or extended slightly, looks as though it was purpose built for Starwood's hip, design - oriented brand.

The soaring steel and glass tower near the southwest corner of Central Park is now the tallest hotel building in the western hemisphere.

With its wide nave and chapter house, the Minster features stunning stained - glass windows, and can be seen towering over the surrounding crooked medieval buildings from almost everywhere in the city, but is most impressive when observed up close.

The access hatch to the bell tower has been covered by a plate of glass built into the terracotta floor.

La Bauhinia, the all - day dining restaurant and lounge in the centre of the building, features a newly uncovered and restored glass cupola modelled after the Eiffel Tower.

Adjacent to the Art Deco Building is The Setai's 40 - story glass residential tower featuring The Ocean Suites surpassing all around it in elevation, views, and design with 1 - 4 bedroom suites and complimentary services.

The soaring steel and glass tower near the southwest corner of Central Park will be the tallest hotel building in the western hemisphere.

Built between 1954 and 1960, the Colonnade and Pavilion Apartments — three glass - and - steel towers — and the Christopher Columbus Homes — eight brick towers — marked the beginning of urban renewal in Newark.

One of the highlights will be Amber Spire Tower, a nine - foot - tall, vertical sculpture comprised of hundreds of glass spire - shaped pieces built into a dramatic tower formaTower, a nine - foot - tall, vertical sculpture comprised of hundreds of glass spire - shaped pieces built into a dramatic tower formatower formation.

the 54 - story condo building stands out from the crowd of glass towers by incorporating a series of «sky gardens» at different parts of the building.

Architect and writer Lance Hosey took issue with that point, noting that studies have shown that «the mid-century modern glass tower, a staple of American urban environments, often can not be adapted to out - perform a new, more efficient building.»

Whether this increase in high rise construction will lead to a spike in construction deficiency claims and potential law suits is not yet known, but recent media coverage indicates that problems have already arisen in some new towers, particularly in glass - walled buildings.

The building shell, with its glass tower and neon rotating sign, further distinguishes Follett from other book retailers.

A building tower crane hosted each of the Telus letters into place, while crews waited in suspended compartments that looked like window - washing equipment, held up by six levels of temporary scaffolding and beams cantilevering out over the tops of the glass walls.

The tower's transformation also includes a three - story transparent glass structure built on top of the existing granite plaza to provide 300,000 sq. ft. of destination retail on five levels — three above ground and two below.

Glass panels have been falling off newly built Toronto condos, including the luxury Shangri - La and Trump towers and a dozen or more lesser - known buildings across the city.

NAR»S new Washington, D.C., building gives the nation's REALTORS ® a dramatic Capitol Hill presence: 12 stories, sheathed in blue - green glass, and a tower that extends 40 feet above the official District of Columbia height line.