Sentences with phrase «of a tall building»

I had been to the top of the tallest building in the world!

From the top of a tall building a brick falls on his head killing him.

The volcanic ash that fell over the city covered everything except some of the roofs of the taller buildings.

A man falls from the side of a tall building after a struggle.

Moving into or out of a tall building can be a challenging experiences.

Most of the rooms have a private balcony and, as this is one of the taller buildings around, the higher floors offer great city views.

I have collected together 30 photos of tall buildings and structures for you to discuss with your class.

It involved so many dancers that the film crew had to put the camera on the roof of one of the tallest buildings on campus and shoot from above.

The sun is only just kissing the tips of the tallest buildings, while cars zip by in the shadows below.

Take for example, a tourist paying a fee to reach the summit of a tall building.

I live in the desert literally so there ain't no fancy photo shots of tall buildings etc to show you guys.

You see them at the bottom of tall buildings, which tells you something right there.

One of the central galleries has a height of 11 metres and the roof of the tallest building has been specifically designed to allow for the installation of large sculptures.

If you don't believe me, try dropping an egg off the top of a tall building.

For example, a student's questions about the construction of tall buildings quickly transformed the block area in our classroom into a place to investigate and test the children's theories about building skyscrapers.

The new property, called the Shangri - La Hotel, at the Shard, London, is located on the 34th to 52nd floors of the tallest building in western Europe, and is the first high - rise hotel in London.

A city is not just its interesting architecture, cultural idiosyncrasies and masses of people, but someplace where unique characters live in the shadows of tall buildings and a place where the wild things have adapted.

Ultimately, the believer (Wilson) forces the non-believer (Hunnam) onto the ledge of a tall building.

Turn - in is crisp, but aggressive cornering produces a nervous tippy - toe feeling because of the tall build and relatively narrow track.

This table lists buildings that once held the title of tallest building in Mobile as well as the current titleholder, the RSA Battle House Tower.

The hotel, which is yet to be named, will take over the top 15 floors of the tallest building of the development and will include around 280 rooms and suites, all with beautiful views of the city.

«CLT and mass timber more generally are part of a massive trend in architecture and construction, but the seismic performance of tall buildings made from these kinds of wood is uncharted waters.»

Scheduled for completion in 2017, it will dwarf the iconic Transamerica Pyramid and assume the mantle of tallest building west of the Mississippi.

The tower is still in the planning stage, but if it is build, it will be the sixth tallest structure in the UK, and exceed the height of the tallest building, the Shard in London, by at least ten metres.

It's almost unnerving — there's something off, in a good way, about a metropolis with tons of tall buildings and millions of people being so peaceful.

Without the spire, One World Trade Center would actually be shorter than the Willis Tower in Chicago, which currently wears the crown of tallest building in the U.S. at 1,451 feet, not including its own antennas.

If you don't believe it controls you because you are so special, please, go to the top of the tallest building without a parachute or any other means to fly or defy gravity, jump off and try to change your destined death with your free will, because you see yourself as outside that power and totally in control of your own fate.

I would never know about Kwench if it wasn't for Joe because the Financial District is like a confusing maze of tall buildings and suits that I try my best to avoid.

«It would create a canyon of tall buildings around the High Line,» she said.

After 50 cycles of harmonic vibration — skyscrapers swaying rhythmically from side to side in giddy wobbles — dozens of tall buildings have shed most of their glass.

First, a basin underneath Kathmandu, filled with half a kilometer of soft sediments, amplified the shaking of taller buildings; and second, a gentle, slow onset to the earthquake's rupture limited the types of waves that would have shaken shorter buildings.

In the 2008 report on the breakdown of WTC 7, NIST investigators concluded the fire then caused steel floor beams and girders to expand, resulting in unexpected structural weakness and triggering a progressive collapse, the first known instance of a tall building brought down primarily by uncontrolled fires.

Clusters Within cities, there should be clusters of tall buildings, designed to leave most of the ground free to be re-naturalized or left in its natural state, providing an urban park with easy access to the building dwellers.

Raiden takes out an attack chopper from the roof of a tall building before taking a plunge down an elevator shaft.

When Hunt is forced to freeclimb up the outside of the tallest building the world — the Burj Khalifa in Dubai — with only the help of one of those science - fictional gadgets, which doesn't work as well as it should, I was laughing with delight as well as gasping in shared panic, it's that breathtakingly intimate while at the same time putting you right in the middle of big, heady action, innovative stuff we haven't seen before.

The helicopter pad on the roof of its tallest building confirms the high - end status of Diamond Plaza.

Lamanai has one of the tallest buildings found in the Mayan world (112 feet) and the views from the top are breathtaking.

It's located amongst a lot of tall buildings in the downtown area but it's still only a 5 minute walk to Circular Quay and a view of the Sydney Opera House.

The city of Yakuza Kiwami consists of a very Urban environment made up of tall buildings, alleys, and tight crowded streets.

Exploration has arguably gotten the biggest upgrade of the three core Assassin's Creed pillars, since now you can explore London with carriages and use a rope launcher to propel yourself to the top of tall buildings almost instantly.

In another instance, I tossed Cappy at the railings of a tall building in order to quickly get to the top of it.

It is the side of tall building by the side of a cavernous, tough city street.

(4) Shaw, C.Y. and Tamura, G.T.; Studies on Exterior Wall Air Tightness and Air Infiltration of Tall Buildings, ASHRAE Transactions, Vol 82, 1976.

Many rows of tall buildings are organised into blocks which resist any natural breeze.

How does your website with nice pictures of tall buildings and cityscapes and mean - looking lawyers with their arms folded across their chests, like the Knights of King Arthur's Court preparing for battle, differentiate you from your colleagues?

He is also the Founder of High Rise Facilities, a website and magazine for owners and managers of tall buildings.