Sentences with phrase «by concrete block»

We're used to financial bullies making the big, expensive move, but we're less used to the financial bullies slowly using their money over time to construct a roster, concrete block by concrete block, that a spring hurricane can't easily topple.

In a recent solo exhibition at Maccarone Gallery in New York, collectors lent Bove a 1963 eight - inch sphere by sculptor Arnaldo Pomodoro, which she placed on a platform surrounded by concrete blocks, bronze cages, driftwood and steel.

Not exact matches

According to the Tiamiyu, «Investigation conducted by the Agency at scene of the incident revealed that an existing uncompleted bungalow under construction with sands and concrete block seen on the deck suddenly caved in with three people trapped under the rubbles.»

Phase II improvements at the park include a new parking area with landscaping and clearly marked areas for boat parking and handicapped parking; a new railing along the water's edge that allows an open view of the Niagara River and replaces a rusted steel wall that had previously blocked the view; a new concrete promenade along the water, formed to resemble wood planking and accompanied by grassy areas with trees; a new, lighted flagpole at the park's K - 9 monument; and a new Parks Department maintenance building.

An extra barrier was made in April by placing bags of concrete in the gaps between blocks, but Cosquer says a determined diver with the right equipment might still get inside.

The intruders had forced their way past a formidable barrier — a bolted steel gate reinforced by a stack of concrete blocks weighing about 600 kilograms each.

So far they've used the bacteria to fix cracks in concrete blocks in the lab, and they're working on scaling up the process by encasing thousands of bacteria in separate gel beads for easy application.

Rather, this group of about 45 women and a few men are set to embark on a full - blown architectural tour of London's most famous brutalist landmarks and modernist social housing estates, finishing with lunch at the Isokon building, a white concrete block designed by architect Wells Coates.

In anticipation of an increase in abandoned animals that would likely occur as many pet owners would not or could not comply with the quarantine ordinance, the city doubled the number of double - deck indoor cages at the city pound by adding 32 double - deck concrete block cages under a tin shed roof to the west side of the pound.

The interior drips urban cool with concrete block walls softened by beautiful honed Italian marble and lighting from white shades worthy of appearing on Valentino's catwalk.

There are large concrete blocks that are joined by some rough spots (shown on the right).

Then, as the road after the road has winded down to sea level, you're greeted by a huge, newly constructed annex to KC Grande Resort where some of the rooms are either just a few metres from the main road or have views towards a concrete wall of the block in front.

Among them, two rooms are dedicated to site - specific works: Shachi Jokyo (1972), an array of small, flat stones supported by a single piece of wire that criss - crosses the room, and Tabunritsu (1975), a set of over thirty stones mounted on top of a transparent plastic sheet draped over concrete blocks.

From grand monuments to homogenised concrete blocks, what effect do these architectural structures, designed by one regime and inherited by another, have on the people who live with their legacy?

The exhibition traces all the stages of Pape's career, beginning with her square paintings, reliefs, and blocks, all done between 1954 and 1956, when Pape was a member of Grupo Frente from Rio de Janeiro, which also included Clark and Oiticica, and which initially followed the tenets of concrete art as outlined by van Doesburg.

These sculptures by LeWitt, both entitled Concrete Block, are made of 8» x 8» x 16» cinder blocks, a common, inexpensive building material.

Bradford's enormous ark, made of plywood boards papered with peeling advertisements from Los Angeles walls loomed over an empty plain where homes once stood, surrounded by lots still marked by concrete foundation blocks that eerily resembled crumbling tombstones.

Her first works, made during the 1980s, were constructions or spatial extensions of existing architecture such as Gallery inexistent, Antwerpen (1988), an installation created by stacking borrowed concrete blocks in a gallery space.

The theme is shrewdly asserted in Untitled (Icarus)(2013), a bird - like form resting on a pair of ironing board legs, which are in turn reinforced by a line of rebar and concrete block for foundation.

Intriguing pairings will encourage visitors to consider commonalities between seemingly disparate works, such as Giovanni de Vecchi's 16th - century drawing of a corpse alongside contemporary artist Olafur Eliasson's conceptual sculpture of negative space formed by glacial ice melted within a concrete block, The Presence of Absence (Nuuo Kangerlua, 24 September 2015 # 3).

I had not known either the torn concrete blocks on light pedestals by Isa Genzken or Julien Bismuth's Mineralogues, canvases seemingly encrusted with silt and crystal.

The new program is inaugurated with two outdoor concrete block structures by Sol LeWitt.

Printed by a robot on site at Piazza Cesare Beccaria, located two blocks away from the Duomo, the one - storey concrete house showcased the possibilities of 3D printing in the field of sustainable architecture in the most literal way.

Mesmerized by shadows cast through the crude, irregularly - shaped openings in the concrete blocks, I studied and photographed the wall during daytime and evening hours.

The material use of concrete block and fencing structure speaks to the physical barriers created by humans, -LSB-...]

Another interesting comparison is had with Carbon Quarry (2004) by Carl Andre, one of the artists first associated with Minimalism, and a work in concrete block by Adrian Paules, clearly influenced by Andre.

My installation hones in on the impending destruction of the space by sampling and screen printing sections of painted cinder blocks and the concrete floor within, recreating them mid-disintegration.

The bridge, almost four feet tall and made with special white concrete blocks that together weigh two tons, is held together by nothing but gravity, like a minimalist, figurative take on Richard Serra's precariously balanced heavy - metal «Prop» pieces.

Prints & Photographs; Copies & Concrete is the new solo exhibition featuring a new collection of work across a range of media by Alex Lukas in the Breeze Block Gallery 1 space.

Concurrently, Pace has installed a monumental concrete block structure by Sol LeWitt on the roof of its Chelsea gallery at 510 West 25th Street, which is visible from the High Line.

Among them, White Cube is showing a selection of work by Cerith Wyn Evans, including the debut of a new installation titled Mantra (2016), which sees the light from two Murano glass chandeliers choreographed to a score by the artist; Kayne Griffin Corcoran is putting minimalists Mary Corse and James Turrell in conversation; and Pace will present a monumental levitating block of concrete by Studio Drift in its otherwise bare booth.

Freestanding sculptures include a minimalist grid configuration by Carl Andre, a towering column of staggered concrete blocks by Adrian Paules, a sleek black triangular pillar made of resin by John McCracken, and a carved refrigerator by Josh Callaghan; wall mounted pieces include plaster bone forms arranged into letters by Nathan Mabry, Light and Space artist Peter Alexander's colorful grouping of shimmering resin bars, and an annulus finished with silver leaf by Peter Shelton — each work displays a skilled proficiency in construction and intent.

The second of two new libraries in Washington DC by architects Adjaye Associates comprises grey concrete blocks with yellow timber fins.

The large works that have occupied him since 1969 are, in brief: Hubris, commissioned for the University of Hawaii at Manoa, one of Smith's most open and regular pieces to date, which consists of a two - section, 9 - by - 9 grid in black concrete, one half thin slabs at ground level, the other half the same grid raised to 3 feet 3 inches by a four - sided pyramidal module; Batcave, a complex environmental interior designed to «mold space and light» rather than material form, at the Osaka World's Fair, a new version of which will be shown soon at the Los Angeles County Museum; a gigantic triangular sculpture inserted into a Californian mountainside; a labyrinthine water garden for a delta; Smog, a huge new horizontal piece made from the dismantled components of Smoke (which was made for the Corcoran's «Scale as Content» show, 1967); Haole Center, a sunken square «pavement» within a square stone sculpture, with a metal ladder leading down below the earth's surface; two related monumental sculptures on platforms (Arch and Dial); and a flat 81 - block grid proposed for downtown Minneapolis.

1 As work progresses on the foundations, a plate compactor is used to ensure a solid, stable base for the concrete slab; 2 pouring the concrete slab; 3 a cross-section of the wall build - up showing wet dash finish followed inside by external insulation, 215 mm solid block walls, sand - cement plaster and insulated plasterboard internally; 4 airtightness detailing around joist ends; 5 pro clima Intello airtightness system under counter battens to create a service void while minimising airtight layer damage by service penetrations; 6 a parge coat serves as the airtight layer on the inner face of the single leaf block walls.

1 The Rochestown House flats prior to the refurbishment; 2 aerated concrete blocks were chosen to form new build elements, including a new third storey that allows for more generous apartment sizes; 3 new triple - glazed windows were installed outside the masonry layer so that the external insulation could wrap around them, and help prevent thermal bridging; 4 the airtightness layer was moved to the outside of the structure by taping the joints of the existing concrete panels, then extending that tape up onto the aerated blocks in the new floor; 5 Aerobord platinum EPS external insulation being fitted to the original concrete panel walls; 6 & 7 the new window frames visible here in the external insulation layer, including Rockwool fire breaks; 8 openings for exhaust and supply intakes for the new Zehnder heat recovery ventilation system, seen here prior to being insulated and airtightened; 9 installation of the Bauder bitumen roofing membrane.

Enjoyable post, but by my calculations (counting concrete blocks on the foundations), that 440 sq ft is calculated on the perimeter.

We (and by «we» I mean the contractor we paid to do it) built a large, rounded concrete block planter that required trenching, rebar, and a large saw to cut the blocks to fit in the corners.

Strang can discern concrete block homes by comparing the homes to designs in a reproduction catalog or examining the rafters for a stamp typical of many Sears homes.

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Two - by - fours can be inserted into concrete blocks for a DIY bench.

It was an old 70's Billiard Room, complete with Plastic «Tiffany» pool table chandelier, wetbar, wine glasses shelf, mahogony wood paneling, horrible carpet over ever horribler vinyl, these crazy tile ceiling panels like in a hospital, and a raised concrete block that's about 12 ″ by 12 ″ running the entire distance of the long wall along the floor.

The shed rests on a concrete block foundation surrounded by stacks of stones, giving the building a sense of permanence and providing an attractive way to level the shed and disguise the change in slope.

The modern Geometric Concrete Block DIY is by Mary Childs of Focal Points.