Portland may become the first city in the Pacific Northwest to require all owners
of old brick buildings to make earthquake safety upgrades.
Sundance Square is so charming with
all of the old brick buildings covered in ivy.
According to Bill Rose, a research architect at the Building Research Council at the University of Illinois, anyone who insulates the interior
of an old brick building should plan to inspect the exterior on a regular schedule.
Not exact matches
One day last August, lender relations specialist Ford Scott and business development specialist Bob McLoone signed out an agency car and made the long drive toward the Tennessee border and Abingdon, an
old mercantile town in the far southwest part
of the state with red -
brick buildings and red -
brick sidewalks.
Customers who are especially interested in history can choose to stay in «original historic rooms,» in the
oldest building of the hotel, which have «uneven floors and walls, original plaster and exposed
brick, and double brass beds.»
On any given day, Canada's leading researchers unravel the mysteries
of biology in state -
of - the - art labs throughout the Toronto Medical Discovery Tower and the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research; early - stage science and technology companies put business plans into action in the MaRS Incubator; organizations across the innovation spectrum grow their businesses in the Heritage
Building — the original
brick façade
of the
old Toronto General Hospital.
Soon after, the couple secured a turn -
of - the - century
brick building in the historic
Old Fourth Ward neighborhood.
Housed in the
old kitchen
building of the Victorian - era home, the low - lit narrow space has rustic
brick walls and high ceilings
of dark - wood rafters, the better to accommodate the shelves and shelves
of whiskey that Chef Brock loves.
It was almost as
old as his
brick house, which was
built around 1810, and like other aged things the tree always appeared to be a symbol
of pluck and order to him.
Grant is standing on the College
of Charleston's home court in TD Arena, a classically Charlestonian red -
brick building in the
old city.
The Pullman Palace Car Co.'s
old factory, a massive
brick building that was a hub
of the rail industry, now rises above a crumbling parking lot overrun with weeds.
Planners and merchants envision a revitalized downtown that mixes
old - fashioned appeal (colonial - style storefronts and
brick sidewalks) with the new (a multistory downtown parking garage and a periphery
of modern office and apartment
buildings).
A portion
of the century -
old building, whose imposing red
brick turrets jut up from the intersection
of Atlantic and Bedford avenues like the spires
of a medieval castle, has long served as an assessment center for the department.
The state is paying $ 2 million to fix crumbling
bricks at the decade -
old «Taj McCall,» the state office
building constructed at the urging
of former comptroller H. Carl McCall.
The 93 - year -
old brick building at 960 Busti Avenue and Niagara Street — long a dilapidated, graffiti - covered eyesore — will soon be home to 27,000 sq. ft.
of commercial space, and 23,000 sq. ft.
of residential space, rehabilitated by Ellicott Development.
Nearly every house within a mile
of Poquoson's waterfront marshes is elevated:
older homes sit on cinder block or
brick foundations, while newer houses are
built a story off the ground with garages underneath.
In his modest office at MIT, on the second floor
of a
brick building resembling an
old warehouse, Weiss settles behind a small wooden desk with a gaping hole in the top.
«It was an obvious opportunity to work out what the impact would be,» he says as he shows me around his lab — an
old brick building connected to a couple
of large sheds.
Building whole structures out of bricks of synthetic carbonate should be fairly familiar to the building industry, since blocks of natural limestone are one of the oldest and most widely used building materials in human
Building whole structures out
of bricks of synthetic carbonate should be fairly familiar to the
building industry, since blocks of natural limestone are one of the oldest and most widely used building materials in human
building industry, since blocks
of natural limestone are one
of the
oldest and most widely used
building materials in human
building materials in human history.
My eyes studied his proud, hopeful ones, the sprawling manicured lawns, the
old red
brick building of the hall
of medicine.
Here are some
of the best - kept secrets from
old - school bodybuilding legends to
build those
bricks up to their full potential.
Here I'm right outside
of my favorite
building, which is the
oldest building on campus — dating back to 1914 (talk about history and ancient
bricks).
Set in an 150 year
old brick building, one instantly is brought to the feel
of an fun and artistic wedding.
After a quick meeting today I had to linger on this beautiful strip
of sidewalk and
old brick buildings to enjoy the view.
My first «real job» out
of college was an assistant stylist for the RueLaLa.com headquarters in South Boston's Seaport District, situated in a beautiful refurbished
old New England
brick loft
building.
The
building features some
of the original
brick from 1798, when it was the Quaker Friends Meetinghouse, as well as wainscoting from
old Philadelphia school doors, and vintage bottles hanging from the second - floor bar.
Garfield is housed in an
older, blond -
brick building, with 220 students, a staff
of 32, and 13 homerooms.
Housed on the second floor
of a sprawling
brick building on Hoyt Street, M.S. 442 was 14 years
old and struggling with low test scores and declining enrollment.
She was the last
of the
old Protestant families who had come to the street in the 1840s, fl eeing cholera and the Irish,
building their impregnable
brick and brownstone fortresses.
After spending hours outside
of the county administration
building downtown, serving as an advocate for abandoned cats and dogs, the 6 - year -
old cockapoo plunked herself on the
brick floor at her handler's feet.
Old brick and new «green»
buildings are set among graceful paths and carefully landscaped grounds on one
of the most beautiful campuses in the U.S. Water and mountains views greet you at every turn.
You can still find gold in the area, particularly around the
old town site which is 16 kilometres east
of Halls Creek and also features ruins
of mud
brick buildings and a small cemetery.
The original, early 19th - century
brick building, formerly a gunpowder store, was transformed by Zaha Hadid Architects with the addition
of a new tensile structure, creating a combination
of old and contemporary architecture.
Some
of the famous
buildings include NYC's
Oldest brick house at 18 Bowery, The Bowery Theater at 46 Bowery, Bulls Head Tavern at 50 Broadway, Bowery Savings Bank designed by Stanford White, the Tin Palace Jazz Club at 325 Bowery and The Cooper Union at Astor Place.
From the outside, the museum looks like two entirely different
buildings, a monument to the distinction between
old and new: Botta's iconic squat
brick and stone parent, and the architectural firm Snøhetta's much taller scion
of white, polymorphic, high - tech tile.
Shapes resembling faces, people, and animals presented themselves to the artist in the chipped and cracked mortar and
brick walls
of the 150 - year
old factory
building.
Toy cardboard
bricks commonly used to
build forts as a kid, an
old discarded cell phone, fragments
of older projects, clown shoes and a cast plaster model
of the artists hand are among the numerous objects covered in resin that pepper this accumulation.
When I visited the newly
built Los Angeles County Museum
of Art with my parents two years later, only to be greeted with a survey
of old «friends» from the New York School, I delighted most in an unusually large, even mural - like Reinhardt composed
of a
brick like structure whose components spanned a spectrum greater than Mondrian's or Malevich's.
In a major move, prominent modern art dealers Larry Gagosian and John Berggruen are opening galleries side by side in
old brick buildings across the street from the new Howard Street entrance to the San Francisco Museum
of Modern Art.
With
older properties we usually lay - out a plan to improve the
building envelope first through air sealing (getting rid
of drafts and convection within the wall cavities) and, where possible, insulation -LCB- not always straight forward... many
old brick buildings have limited insulation options due to the
brick requiring heat transfer from inside to drive moisture from the
brick -RCB-.
The RCCP conversion process incorporates some
of the
older buildings» interesting structural and architectural features, referred to as «pre-existing elements», such as original wood and steel framing, exterior and interior
brick walls, large windows and stained - glass windows.
I wanted the
brick to be the focal point
of the room, and I wanted it to feel like the side
of an
old building, so I had and Ulrich Hotel logo designed for the occasion.
They were inspired by the
old painted advertising signs you used to see on the sides
of brick buildings, and I'd love to produce a whole lettered line
of these things!
A couple
of years ago when we visited family in the South, my
oldest son asked what was with all the
brick buildings?
I'm just dippin my photography toe in the water and one
of my favorite things to take pix
of are gorgeous
old structures, churches, barns and
old brick buildings.
Most
of the centuries -
old buildings are made
of a soft rose or warm golden
brick or stone, and are accented with rustic blue, green or brown wood shutters.