Sentences with phrase «of old buildings»

The house is one of the oldest buildings in town, and is approximately 140 years old.

The department states many of the older buildings will need to be replaced or significantly refurbished «soon».

There have to be a lot of older buildings with interesting stuff underneath.

Pay attention to physical changes: Watch for new construction and renovation of older buildings.

One of the more well - known options is the conversion of older buildings into housing.

I interviewed him about his insights into the effectiveness of old buildings as models for the future.

It is a quirky city full of old buildings and outdoor markets.

Scientists and architects across the globe are trying to adapt wood, one of the oldest building materials, for the demands of the modern city.

It will extend the beneficial use of older buildings by avoiding building services that are expensive to run or maintain.

It felt eerie, yet as I lifted my camera to my eye I could see the unique beauty of these old buildings.

It is basically a protection of an old building and using it for a beneficial purpose.

Wherever possible, the restoration of old buildings should be accompanied by energy - efficiency improvements to the building envelope.

«Owners of older buildings are trying to compete against new buildings that are going up right next to them» by adding smart - home technology, she says.

One by one, many of the old buildings were knocked down; the artists eventually moved out of the area, the last leaving in 1967.

He doesn't necessarily see that as a bad outcome because he thinks it will lead to an exciting redevelopment of a lot of older buildings.

In order to spare planners the trouble of figuring out where to put it, the proposed legislation offers to house the Latino Museum in the venerable Arts and Industries Building, one of the oldest buildings on the Mall.

Screening: El Otro Lado at Light Industry By the time the photographer Danny Lyon made El Otro Lado (1978), he had already been an official photographer for SNCC, documented the Civil Rights Movement, and shot the demolition of old buildings in Lower Manhattan.

It took up an entire floor of an old building at Rockefeller University.

CNR photographs of old buildings in Concord, NH, USA

Going up the stairs of the old building of the Stedelijk Museum you can already hear Tino Sehgal's new constructed situation at the museum.

His first Fundrise - backed project was the historic preservation of an old building at 1351 H St. in D.C., which will become a Maketto Restaurant.

One of the biggest issues seen with schools over the last 20 years in the UK is mainly down to poor maintenance of these old buildings.

He would always take me to all the little antique shops, yard sales, even the basement of an old building in down town Tallassee, where I bought old windows from the Mill in town.

«In the old market area of Omaha, its historic district has undergone ancillary development with adaptive reuse of old buildings, as well as razing of buildings and rebuilding of those with communal space,» Hoffman says.

I knew I wanted to take pictures of this Free People Heart Dress (sold out, but similar dress in pink here) in front of an old building.

The shoddy, soulless architecture of contemporary school buildings as well as the lack of upkeep of older buildings turns these spaces into places where students don't want to be.

There are announcements of the deceased, usually decorated with the face of Christ or the Madonna; there are small statues of various saints imbedded in the walls of the older buildings; banks have religious statues and crucifixes; religious memorials are on the sides of roads, just to name a few.

What does he say to a college that had moved out of its old buildings having been promised capital for a rebuild, but will now find itself operating out of temporary classrooms because of his Department's incompetence in its management of the capital programme?

Instead, the department has focused on working on the preservation of older buildings and is working with Department of Citywide Administrative Services to identify possible properties for new development in the future.

«Buffalo has this deep stock of older buildings that are just sitting there, waiting for new uses,» Zemsky said.

With intensive training in measuring, cutting and threading pipes, I am able to modify the complex piping of an old building into a more current, efficient network.

Floating mosaics of water lilies hug the sunken interiors of old buildings that line both sides of the dock.

Browns Central Hotel — This hotel is an 18th century building renovated to be very modern while still keeping the charm of the old building.

After reading about the rich history that Takayama has to offer and seeing photos of the old buildings and streets decorated with a thick layer of snow, I decided I had to make a trip there this winter.

And of course, how many of the older buildings still have lead pipes or soldered pipes?

It would take me some time to figure out why the ceramics were there, though the detritus of old buildings immediately brought to mind the work of Gordon Matta - Clark who showed fragments taken from his cuts in galleries to represent the work he did on the buildings.

Not the musty smell of old buildings.

With most of the fabric having external insulation, moisture was not as much of a concern as it can sometimes be in the retrofit of old buildings.

«Often, it's more cost effective not to do a tear - down of an old building but instead perform energy - efficient retrofits and renovations.»

Boston Globe columnist Joan Vennochi reported that the Boston Redevelopment Authority may take ownership of the older buildings to facilitate development, citing John Barros, who heads that agency.

But the church scenes, with area African Americans gathering together in the ruins of an old building to passionately worship God, are among the most moving of an incredibly moving film.

In October 1834 the rabbit warren of old buildings that made up Parliament was burnt down in a catastrophic fire.

Business owners on Main Street wishing to overhaul the look of their old buildings may be in luck.

The quirks and cultures of old buildings To help meet reduction targets, DOE offers prizes to agencies that make substantial efficiency improvements.

I have memories of crawling through the rafters of the old building, trying to find where the leak in the roof was.

At conference in the old shala (every day except Saturday), Guruji would sit in the foyer of this old building that was once his only home and take questions from all the students who dared to ask.