Sentences with phrase «dome houses»

Doug Aitken's Sonic Pavilion, for example, features a deep hole in the center filled with sensitive microphones that capture tremors deep inside the earth, while Matthew Barney's geodesic glass dome houses a giant tractor clutching at an uprooted tree.

There are also geodesic dome houses on site which are basically self - sufficient, and these are lived in by staff.

The domes housing each of the four 8 - metre mirrors that make up the Very Large Telescope spin around almost silently, and mighty doors slide open to give the telescopes their first glimpse of the emerging stars.

In The House of Tomorrow, Sebastian (Asa Butterfield) has been raised and home - schooled by grandmother Josephine (Ellen Burstyn) in a geodesic dome house designed by the late R. Buckminster Fuller; Josephine knew «Bucky» when he was alive, and together, she and Sebastian conduct tours while avoiding the outside world.

Often considered one of the most picturesque islands and cited in magazines and top 10's throughout the internet this island is well known for the white and blue domed houses that dot the coastline that makes up this island.

The resort features 18 thatched roofed domes housing luxurious suites with fully equipped kitchens and a view, all with modern amenities, along with a variety of activities to enjoy.

The unrealised modernist masterplan TyneDeck, 1969, is presented alongside a constructed geodesic dome housing an exhibition by guest curators MaterialDriven.

Intended as a creative retreat for a company's designers, this solid timber dome house has been built to German Passive House standards.

The geodesic dome shape was inspired by his stay in a beautifully crafted 30 - foot wide dome house a few years ago in Dunster, BC.

Not exact matches

Behind the praying mantis was a geodesic dome the size of a small house, illuminated from within by colored lights.

The super dome was the toughest to build, but thanks to some clever tricks from Prospera Housing's Board Chairman Darrell Denning, it was soon complete and on its way to its new home in the mulch.

So are multifamily properties (like duplexes), co-ops, manufactured houses, high - rises, log homes, mixed - use developments, ranches and weird buildings like geodesic domes.

Cover the house and hole with an inflatable dome.

Have a radio controled bulldozer inside the dome with cameras to guide the dozer as it pushes the house it demolished into the hole.

House speaker Paul Ryan said: «Here lies America's pastor,» gesturing to Mr Graham's casket under the eye of the dome, surrounded by family, friends, politicians and a ring of paintings of the nation's founders.

A delicate cake is rolled around marzipan and then sliced to form a dome that houses rich choclate ice cream.

This traditional dessert is just like the ones you'll see displayed on cake stands under large glass domes at bakeries, coffee houses and diners.

Finally got around to this in time for Rosh Hashana — read your note at the top, and in fact, the teaspoon - instead - of - tablespoon of baking powder was the perfect solution to a beautifully domed Bundt cake and 1/2 a dozen cupcakes (which I tasted, and was excited to find that I believe this recipe will satisfy the many different opinions about perfect honey cake in my house!)

Within five years, Huizenga plans to build a 45,000 - seat domed stadium and an indoor sports and concert arena to house the major league baseball and hockey teams he owns.

This was also the early 1970s, in the middle of the hippie obsession with geodesic domes, so I designed a house that was a mix of domes, some Platonic solids, and some other interesting geometric shapes.

The team waits for the clouds to lift over the town's skyline: the Russian Orthodox church's onion dome, the brightly colored houses and the seafood processing plant.

Not far from Maria's own Nantucket house, and within sight of her simple tombstone in the Prospect Hill Cemetery, are two small domed observatories.

Although the interlocking tetrahedrons of the geodesic dome have yet to replace the inefficient rectangles of modern housing, Buckminster Fuller's legendary building design remains the best combination of strength and lightness ever devised.

The telescopes are housed in 3.5 - m automated Baader Planetarium clamshell domes.

Although some geodesic houses have been built, most geodesic domes are used for public aviaries or sports facilities.

A satellite image of the Massachusetts State House and surrounding streets illustrates the study: a dozen gas leaks are represented as neon yellow spikes, many stretching taller than the gold - plated dome.

The brand's Wowder weightless finishing powder may be housed in the brand's signature millennial pink packaging, but what sets Glossier's powder apart is it's domed pot and trampoline mesh applicator.

The centrepiece of the garden is an 18 m tall dome, which houses a wide range of plant species from regions with warm, dry summers and rainy winters.

She did nt even want to wait till we got to her parents house so she gave me dome right outside of Gracies.

In the space of two weeks, Joe is separated from his parents, had his house ripped apart, and found out his sister was hacked to death by an axe - murderer, and he's making out with a chick in the woods when not eall gung - ho trying to solve the mystery of the dome.

There's a final little visual joke involving a rat in the foreground and the Boston State House dome in the background, which seems a tad gimmicky, as well as a cheap throw - in.

«The House of Tomorrow»: Based on the novel by Peter Bognanni, an assistant professor at Macalester, about a boy raised in a geodesic dome who discovers punk rock.

Question 2: At the Word's Fair, Festival Hall was a large, gold - domed building that housed a 3,500 - seat auditorium and the world's largest pipe organ.

3 - point shoulder harnesses are secured to the new family 6 - point roll cage, which houses wiring for the speakers and dome light.

Exterior touches on the Colorado ZR2 Concept include an all - new grille and headlamp housings with blacked - out accents as well as the power dome - style hood.

New domed rocker covers house a patent - pending integrated positive crankcase ventilation system that enhances oil life, reduces oil consumption and reduces exhaust emissions.

The electric Defender prototype is in service at the Eden Project in Cornwall, U.K., a complex of several large transparent domes that house multiple artificially maintained environments containing thousands of rare plants, and is a popular visitor attraction.

The Eden Project is a Greenhouse complex which houses plants from across the world and the bubble - type dome shaped enclosures are quite the attraction here.

And you need to be a good detective around the house after it has been made, sitting there in its glass - domed cake stand, staring back at you with deadly temptation, because a piece seems to mysteriously disappear every time I go into the kitchen.

Some have high - domed lids on them to keep flung litter from spreading throughout the house.

Cage shapes can include the usual square or rectangular, with tops that can be flat, domed or even look like a house roof.

Feed - Safe houses food within a fashionable dome - shaped unit that provides a secure, hassle - free environment.

Automated Pet Care — Feed - Safe Feed - Safe houses food within a dome - shaped unit that provides a secure, hassle - free environment.

Which include 3 unique domed luxury mountain suites, a Cape Dutch Manor House with five stylish en - suite rooms and two newly built self - contained family cottages.

Famous for its association with Mozart, historic St. Gilgen is full of Baroque and Rococo character with colourful streets lined with cafés, shops and old frescoed houses that lead to the onion - domed church.

Head to the mystical port city of Muscat, Oman's dreamy capital, which houses two 500 - year - old Portuguese forts, a Royal Opera House, and a mosque with an impressive 164 - foot dome.

Featuring a 44 - metre high minaret, the interior of this house of worship is elegant with Italian marble flooring, stained - glass windows and a 3.5 million - piece Venetian mosaic inside the main dome.

Life just seems better on this Greek island, and why wouldn't it, with its drop - dead - gorgeous oceanfront vistas — complete with whitewashed houses and blue - domed churches — top - notch wineries, and its Instagram - worthy sunsets?

Gleaming white houses and blue - domed buildings perched on soaring cliffs above the sparkling Aegean Sea — it must be Santorini, a distinctly picturesque island among the many - splendored Greek Isles.

Here you'll find the world's largest tent, the Khan Shatyr; a glass pyramid which houses the Palace of Peace and Reconciliation; the gold domed Nur Astana Mosque; and the birds nest - like Bayterek Tower, whose observation deck offers unparalleled views of the city.