Sentences with phrase «great architectural constructions»

Using the language of painting, these works make reference to some of the themes already present in The Seven Heavenly Palaces, including the great architectural constructions of the past viewed as an attempt by man to ascend to the divine, with the constellations represented by means of astronomical numbering.

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Hand - built from brick, cement, and iron by the great paleo - artist Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, these architectural constructions were the first dinosaur models ever put on public display, only a few years after the term «dinosaur» itself was coined, in 1842, by Hawkins» scientific overseer, the anatomist Richard Owen.

Camouflaged within the guise of history and imitating (at least in appearance) architectural forms or urban lifestyles from a certain era, Bronstein reinvents the past with great subtlety, highlighting the uncertainty of its construction and revealing its multi-layer composition.

The move also culminated in the creation of his last great sculpture and installation, the Merz Barn, a continuation of the Hanover Merzbau; an architectural construction considered to be one of the key lost works of European modernism.

However, safe rooms in small businesses (or in residences with greater than 16 occupants) are considered community safe rooms and, therefore, must be designed with additional architectural, fire safety, ventilation and other requirements, as described in FEMA P - 361, Safe Rooms for Tornadoes and Hurricanes: Guidance for Community and Residential Safe Rooms and ICC 500, ICC / NSSA Standard for the Design and Construction of Storm Shelters.

Architectural and construction firms often build their own systems in order to achieve greater customization of the site.