Sentences with phrase «grand project»

After the series in this show, Boyd embarked on an even grander project in 1987 that took the plan of French Gothic cathedrals and «rationalized» a grid upon which he composed his colorful paintings.

Prince Bader appears to have worked with Prince Mohammed on at least one grand project for his own leisure, as well.

For more than a year, Page and his lieutenants have tried to convince Wall Street that they could make big expensive bets on grand projects without threatening the margins at their core, money - making ad business.

«Moonshots» — grand projects with slim chances of success — are all the rage in Silicon Valley right now.

The luxury hotel will make its mark on the city's skyline as part of Korean Air and Hanjin Group's more than $ 1.1 billion new - build Wilshire Grand project.

Peter Molyneux has a reputation within the games industry for undertaking unwisely grand projects and ultimately being foiled by his own overreaching ambition.

✔ Grand projects: rebuild the ancient pyramids and abandoned temples!

I lingered for what grander projects may nonetheless leave out — the variety of projects still possible and surely still to come.

«One such case, King County v. Vinci Construction Grands Projects et al. was litigated to a $ 155 million jury verdict in favour of King County.

Cities like Campos and Rio had already earmarked that money for grand projects, most notably, for the 2016 Olympic Games.

In reality, the Millennials are doing pretty well with respect to the options the world has given them, and they are helping move that world toward more contentment and also less interest in grand projects or topping previous records of achievement.»

And even if it doesn't become a grand project such as this, there is much to be inspired by in it's pages for young and old alike.

What is neoliberalism if not a grand project to remake the world according to market principles?

Since 2005, the deaths of Burundians, however small the number, have been tolerated because of the grander project — the war against Al Shabaab.

Known as a contemporary futurist because of his grand projects in international competitions, he is also a practicing architect in conservation areas.

But Katko says investing in grand projects is irresponsible.

Dreamed up in the days of classic high - rolling, high - spending «Grand Projects» typical of Socialist Governments everywhere.

Another grand project under way is the Ocean Observatories Initiative, which aims to wire up the ocean with a network of sensors strung from the surface to the ocean floor.

For more than two decades, I've been working on the grand project of virtual reality (VR) to bring the whole body into computing.

Silicon Valley firms and entrepreneurs have started betting big on «moonshots»: grand projects that will be tough, if not impossible, to pull off, but which would have a huge impact if they succeeded — like the Apollo space programme, the original moonshot.

«These grand projects would have a huge impact if they succeeded, like the Apollo space programme ``

I had thoughts of doing all of these grand projects that would knock your socks off but then it wouldn't be real.

Not only is Xenoblade Chronicles 2 a grand project in its design scope, but also in its collaborations.

And while Czar Ferdinand has since been deposed, the design team behind his grand project has soldiered on, and it deserves some credit.

Mr. Boeddeker gathered investors to finance the grand project, including hotel developer Chris Hemmeter.

«It will be the first and probably the only time in the Academy's recent and future history when the entire campus is devoted to one grand project.»

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Because amid this current political crisis just when we need to be seeing how artists are reacting in the here and now, the art world remains in an extended 40 - year period where many curators, critics, and gallerists continue the grand project of correcting art history.

The two discussed Adjaye's work since his controversial London Elektra House (2000), which almost landed the young architect in jail, to his grand project for the National Museum of African American History, the last building to be constructed -LSB-...]

It's often said that mega-galleries mount shows that might once have been the grand projects of museums, and that's true.

Is it the seductiveness of the grand project?

You might, however, want to learn about his (typically) grand project to preserve one physical copy of all the world's books.

The Pixel showed that Google was willing and able to produce a premium, uniquely differentiated phone (the Pixel camera remains unmatched, many months later), but it obviously wasn't the finished product of Google's grander project.

Supporting IndigenousX allows you to join in this grand project.

I had thoughts of doing all of these grand projects that would knock your socks off but then it wouldn't be real.