Sentences with phrase «newer concrete forms»

Less obvious, but nevertheless crucial, are the paralysis of architecture, the sterility of visual art, and the near absence of any form of creative expression of newer concrete forms, such as motion picture.

Not exact matches

«Test flights of new rockets usually contain mass simulators in the form of concrete or steel blocks.

But there's no doubt that there are certain things needed if Anglicanorum coetibus is to take concrete form here: one of them is that the existing hierarchy should in the early stages help and cooperate with it, while at the same time rigorously respecting andfostering the new jurisdiction's absolute independence.

Some are rebuilding knowledge on the basis of the concrete situations, some are trying out new economic forms, some are creating the basis of a new kind of politics, and some are inventing new cultures.

Only someone who overlooks the fact that this answer itself has a real history which is a history of the reality reflected on as well as of the reflection itself, can think that the Church with its principles, because they too can be given concrete form, is always able to follow directly on the heels of what is new in the changing course of history and that only by its own fault and failure could the Church lag behind events in its theological reflection on morals.

The new forms of Christian life and practice that were emerging would provide the ecumenical movement with a concrete credibility well before ecclesiastical formulations would attempt to rise to the occasion.

The kind of new meaning that the form of the parables suggests militates against merely mental connections, insisting that the «meaning» is not new unless it is existential meaning, meaning for actual individuals in their concrete historical and social circumstances.

The New Testament documents are rich indeed in indications of the concrete nature, the quality, the «feel» of the early Christian life itself, but are, for the most part, silent concerning the forms of organization and procedure which prevailed.

Tools and organization translated the efforts of millions — mobilized by Obama's charisma, rhetoric, and the political opportunity to elect a Democrat and African American to the presidency — into the concrete electoral resources that formed the mantra for the campaign's New Media Division: «money, message, and mobilization.»

Last week, Tappan Zee Constructors, the New York State Thruway Authority's contractor, began removing the first of the blue «jump forms» that crews have used as ladders to build the soaring concrete towers that will come to define the new bridNew York State Thruway Authority's contractor, began removing the first of the blue «jump forms» that crews have used as ladders to build the soaring concrete towers that will come to define the new bridnew bridge.

Phase II improvements at the park include a new parking area with landscaping and clearly marked areas for boat parking and handicapped parking; a new railing along the water's edge that allows an open view of the Niagara River and replaces a rusted steel wall that had previously blocked the view; a new concrete promenade along the water, formed to resemble wood planking and accompanied by grassy areas with trees; a new, lighted flagpole at the park's K - 9 monument; and a new Parks Department maintenance building.

Also, the new codes could, in certain cases, make lightweight cold - formed steel buildings less costly to construct than those made of materials such as timber, concrete or hot - rolled steel.

At the Vienna University of Technology, a completely new construction method has been developed, which does not require any timber structures at all: a flat concrete slab hardens on the ground, and then an air cushion below the plate is inflated, bending the concrete and quickly forming a sustainable shell.

Figueiredo sidestepped a question about whether he wants to see the Copenhagen Accord form the basis of a new treaty, saying yesterday he hopes «this same spirit of understanding and even the elements of high - level understanding and consensus could be translated into concrete actions.»

The new study, published today in American Mineralogist, is helping researchers to piece together how and where this mineral formed during the long history of the concrete structures.

A visual tour of the colorful, the strange, and the super-strong in the Material ConneXion library, where new forms of cloth, concrete, metal, and more line the walls.

In the pleasant, sunny afternoon of July 1, 2015, local and state officials led by Lieutenant Governor Kim Guadagno, joined by over 200 community leaders and stakeholders, witnessed the first of four thousand large concrete - filled steel piles to firmly pierce the ground, which will form the support foundation for the massive structures of the new Holtec Technology Campus.

A Red Car for the Red Planet Test flights of new rockets usually contain mass simulators in the form of concrete or steel blocks.

As with many resorts it began life as dull concrete beach bungalows, but a new hotel block was added on the inland side of the road and in 2007 the old beachfront bungalows were replaced with a free - form pool and hotel rooms literally 20 metres from the sea.

Given her stylistic connections to Latin American and European Constructivism and Concrete Art, as well as Mondrian's Neo-Plasticism and the Abstraction - Création movement in Paris, it is telling that Herrera has never identified with any art historical grouping, even though she lived in Havana, Paris and New York in the 1930s and»40s when many of these artistic associations were being formed.

Alongside these paintings, a new series of sculptures, minimal arcs in stainless steel and white concrete, including one measuring over 7m long, form part of a body of work titled «Frozen Waves».

Employing a range of typically mundane construction materials (plywood, corkboard, concrete, tiling, steel), forms to which we have become desensitised in the «real world» are appropriated to reflect a new understanding of the values of everyday existence.

In several of the works on display, the hardened concrete slab is brutally beaten, broken in order to create a new form.

In his hometown of Biella, Pistoletto created the Cittadellarte foundation as a concrete action of his «Progetto Arte Manifesto» where Michelangelo Pistoletto proposed a new role for the artist: Placing art in direct interaction with all the areas of human activity which form society.

McDevitt also recreates Moore's Interior Figure (1939 - 40) in woven wicker, wood and concrete, where the new material completely changes the expression of the form.

Featuring works by foundational figures Augusto de Campos and Ian Hamilton Finlay, Concrete Poetry explores how these artists invented new forms such as cube poems and standing poems and continuously re-created their projects across media.

In his work, James challenges the concrete reality that we live in — he plays with colour and motion to form a world of believable fiction and like a map to this new world, his pieces act as illustrations for something previously unknown.

In Shechet's new sculptures currently on view at Sikkema Jenkins, clay is at times integrated architecturally in form of bricks and at other times fused like molten lava around underpinnings of wood, steel and concrete.

Visitors to the English Gardens can also encounter an over-sized snake ring in polished concrete by Kathleen Ryan (François Ghebaly, Los Angeles); a large marble form by Tony Cragg (Lisson Gallery, London); an anthropomorphic bronze by William Turnbull (Offer Waterman, London); a work from the «Signal» series by Takis (Axel Vervoordt, Antwerp); Dominique Stroobant's elegant geometric composition (Axel Vervoordt, Antwerp); a new solar - powered light and sound piece by Haroon Mirza (Lisson Gallery, London), developing from his intervention at the Museum Tinguely, Basel, earlier this year; a large painted and lacquered metal piece by Gary Webb (The Approach, London); an oversized beaten steel shoe by Aaron Angel (Rob Tufnell, London); a new ceramic «totem pole» by Jesse Wine (Limoncello, London); a colony of rabbits made from plastic bags by Leo Fitzmaurice (The Sunday Painter, London) and Seung - taek Lee's monumental balloon model of the earth, which will gradually deflate across the course of the fair (Gallery Hyundai, Seoul).

Architect David Adjaye used a concrete composite material to create the sculptural form of this wireless speaker, which he designed for New York brand Master & Dynamic.

In a new series of marble works, Claudia Comte plays with a similar staccato rhythm, along with the language of modernist abstraction, while Michael Dean's concrete sculpture explores the conversion of language from word to form, taking its shape from the artist's own writings remodelled into three - dimensional fonts.

The large works that have occupied him since 1969 are, in brief: Hubris, commissioned for the University of Hawaii at Manoa, one of Smith's most open and regular pieces to date, which consists of a two - section, 9 - by - 9 grid in black concrete, one half thin slabs at ground level, the other half the same grid raised to 3 feet 3 inches by a four - sided pyramidal module; Batcave, a complex environmental interior designed to «mold space and light» rather than material form, at the Osaka World's Fair, a new version of which will be shown soon at the Los Angeles County Museum; a gigantic triangular sculpture inserted into a Californian mountainside; a labyrinthine water garden for a delta; Smog, a huge new horizontal piece made from the dismantled components of Smoke (which was made for the Corcoran's «Scale as Content» show, 1967); Haole Center, a sunken square «pavement» within a square stone sculpture, with a metal ladder leading down below the earth's surface; two related monumental sculptures on platforms (Arch and Dial); and a flat 81 - block grid proposed for downtown Minneapolis.

To complete the transformation, the design carved openings into the solid concrete walls, on top of which galvanized steel cladding was added, creating a curtain of abstracted forms, windows and balconies that give the rehabilitated façade a sharp new look.

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1 The Rochestown House flats prior to the refurbishment; 2 aerated concrete blocks were chosen to form new build elements, including a new third storey that allows for more generous apartment sizes; 3 new triple - glazed windows were installed outside the masonry layer so that the external insulation could wrap around them, and help prevent thermal bridging; 4 the airtightness layer was moved to the outside of the structure by taping the joints of the existing concrete panels, then extending that tape up onto the aerated blocks in the new floor; 5 Aerobord platinum EPS external insulation being fitted to the original concrete panel walls; 6 & 7 the new window frames visible here in the external insulation layer, including Rockwool fire breaks; 8 openings for exhaust and supply intakes for the new Zehnder heat recovery ventilation system, seen here prior to being insulated and airtightened; 9 installation of the Bauder bitumen roofing membrane.

I have been operating a jumping jack while my husband uses our tractor to put dirt in the trench around out new insullated concrete form foundation walls.

Foreman and General Foreman over Carpenters for Generator Change Out and managed work, time schedule, and safety standards for: Chipping Platform Erection and Scaffolding, Scaffolding for New Generators Prep in Rub Buildings, Mausoleum Scaffolds, All Tendon Scaffolds, Scaffolds on top of Reactor Dome, All Stair Towers, All Balance of Plant Scaffolds, All Crane Platforms, Scaffold Tower for Hydro Blasting hole in Reactor Wall, All Concrete Form Work to fill hole in Containment Wall, Concrete Form Mock - up, and material needed in and out of radiological Protected Area.