Sentences with phrase «height of the building»

The beauty and the sheer height of the building just took away our breadth.

The foyer, which rises the full height of the building, looks out on the terraces and gardens towards Solnavägen.

The deformation of the sculptures charts the different heights of the buildings, varying from moderate compression of the original sphere to nearly complete flattening.

At the southwest facade, facing Manhattan, the exterior opens to reveal a louver system that extends the entire height of the building.

The density and height of buildings along these streets are much as they were a hundred years ago; for reasons of social, economic and environmental sustainability, and considering shifting live - work patterns, they are now especially ripe for revitalization and intensification.»

It is true that the 1899 Height of Buildings Act mandated that no building could be taller than the Capitol (289 feet).

The properties being sought by tenants and investors today are larger inside and out, with twice the parking and ceiling heights of buildings constructed two decades ago.

Also in May, the government released new guidelines for church crosses: They must be short, no more than one tenth the height of the building's facade.

There are laws governing the height of buildings and the size of signs, none of which are allowed to have blinking lights.

Residents living near 94th Avenue, east of the proposed complex, objected in January to the height of the buildings.

Officials expressed reservations over the height of the building.

It sought to protect existing businesses, limit the heights of building, create buildings with 100 percent affordable housing and change the city's definition of what «affordable» means in Inwood.

Drost also successfully lead a petition to limit the height of buildings in town to 35 feet or three stories.

Appointed project manager at pre-contract phase, she worked closely with client Belfast City Council on a major redesign, reducing the height of the building and saving the client # 500,000.

«I spearheaded the fight to protect the beautiful vista of the Palisades, and today's agreement with LG Electronics to reduce the height of its building is a victory in preserving this national treasure that would have towered over the treetops,» said Senator Jeff Klein.

The rezoning regulations will limit the height of building and set other guidelines.

MIH would require new developments to include housing units that are permanently affordable, while ZQA would allow developers to increase the heights of buildings and reduce parking requirements to help encourage construction of affordable and senior housing.

If rezoning protections are passed, those companies will have to follow new rules that seriously limit their height of their buildings and mandate permanently affordable housing.

Rodriguez said the developers seemed «open» to bringing down the height of the building.

Studies show that the shape of street canyons (the length of blocks and the height of buildings relative to street width) strongly influence the local climate.

By minimizing the vertical thermal gradients, global consumption due to energy gains - losses through the façade depends less on the height of the building, preventing the upper houses to present higher or lower indoor comfort and degree of energy efficiency than the lower houses.

They will measure the heights of buildings, find how high a rocket flew and calculate the distance to the moon.

«We sunk the sports hall below the ground, we lowered the height of buildings, and we reduced pupils numbers from 600 to 375.

The depth of this hole is proportionate to the height of the building one intends to build.

Her new works made of what some might perceive as rubbish, in this case plastic rope and packing plastic, draws attention to both the light, space and the height of the building.

'' The neighbours were for instance invited to help define the height of the buildings and to help select the materials — both crucial for the way the new Krøyers Plads relates to its surroundings.

Using the height of the building to create air flow for «passive air con» aided by cooling from underground water sources — and maximum use of natural light through translucent walls.

«Because we were increasing the height of the building and we were closing in openings, the blockwork naturally looked patchy.

The precise nature of the heat island varies from urban area to urban area, and it depends on the presence of large areas of open space, rivers, the distribution of industries and the density and height of buildings.

The height of the building reflects the limits provided by your basic policies.