Sentences with phrase «century facade of building»

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Today, in Singapore's financial district, big names in the private - money world, like Credit Suisse, Julius Baer and UBS, keep offices in gleaming skyscrapers among the squat facades of century - old colonial British buildings.

Havana is filled with crumbling, colorful facades of 20th - century buildings — largely still inhabited — vestiges of its Spanish colonial heritage.

The hotel is also convenient to several attractions rich in history, such as the Holkar Palace or Rajwada, a seven - story facade built over two centuries ago; the Lal Baag Palace on the banks of the River Khan, and the Central Museum.

Many of the downtown buildings have turn of the 20th century facades reminiscent of the Old West, although modern conveniences abound.

When merchant Thomas Gledstanes purchased the building which now bears his name in 1617, it had a wooden facade and a wooden gallery above the floor — a typical house of the 16th Century.

Housed in building dating from the beginning of this century, with a magnificent granite facade, the NH Palacio de Vigo Hotel boasts a convenient location in the centre of Vigo, close to the Club Nautico and the Do Castro Park.This 4 star hotel offers 108 guest rooms and suites, equipped with modern facilities, in order to make your stay as easy and comfortable as possible.On - site amenities include private parking area, car rental service, restaurant, coffee - bar, gym, sauna, Turkish bath, wireless Internet access throughout the building and modern meeting rooms.

The notable end - of - century buildings of Richard Meier include the Getty Center in Los Angeles (1984 — 1997), where buildings of different shapes are united by their whitish stone - faced facades and broad panels of glass; and the High Museum of Art in Atlanta (1980 — 83).

The art historian Sue Scott has this to say of the Grey Area series: «In these somber, simplified tonal paintings, many of which were based on the facades of beautiful nineteenth - century buildings destroyed in World War II, one gets the sense of buildings in the process of disappearing, much like the history of the city she was depicting.»

He also hired the British starchitect David Adjaye to build an avant - garde seven - story black concrete town house (quietly concealed, Lex Luthor - style, behind the unassuming late - 19th - century facade of an Upper East Side carriage house) and stocked it with enough treasures to make an auction - house rep weak in the knees.

The construction industry has always been innovative, from the engineering feats of the last century to newer construction methods that use sophisticated building modeling, 3D - printed building materials, and prefabricated facades.