Sentences with phrase «rise glass buildings»
* Human impact: Loss of habitat due to development, radio / TV / cellular phone towers, high - rise glass buildings, power lines, wind turbines, wetland destruction to name a few have had the greatest impact on the decline of native species around the world.
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But inside the modernist glass - and - concrete chancery building that rises up along Havana's iconic seawall, the Malecón, both the intelligence officials and senior diplomats guessed that the noises were «just another form of harassment» by the Cuban government, one official said.
Or perhaps build some kind of «green» home with roses on top of the roof, and the ceiling is steel and are all glass from floor up to the roof (even the roof is glass), solar powered... Blah, blah, blah.
According to Colsmann, another field of application is the integration of solar cells into buildings: Since the glass facades of high - rise buildings must often be shaded, it is an obvious option to use organic solar modules for transforming the absorbed light into electric power.
Its attempt to build a waste treatment plant that would trap the wastes in glass logs has faced numerous technical challenges, long delays, and rising costs.
The reclaimed window has rose and butterscotch coloured glass and from there a colour palette was built with charming vintage details, stunning florals, plush vintage sofas and chairs for seating and -LSB-...]
A car sails into the frame and sticks into the glass wall of a high - rise building with a loud crash and broken glass as two large pillars of smoke rise from the city in a long shot and a giant wolf howls into the sky.
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VANCOUVER — The city of glass greets the rising sun like a temple built for Narcissus, a myriad panes of glass reflecting and redoubling the face of the light.
Toronto centre is a fascinating mix of modern high - rise glass fronted buildings and the occasional traditional buildings in the old part of town.
With sleek, low - rise, glass buildings offering panoramic views of the lush landscape and perfectly kept gardens surrounding a heated outdoor swimming pool, you can see why this hotel is so highly regarded.
The temple is built in a fusion Indo - Portuguese style, with pyramidical shikaras rising around the entrance hall, Roman - arched stained - glass windows, chandeliers and a balustrade flat dome.
In my show at Participant a couple of years ago, I had mostly watercolors of radical fairies and friends of mine, and I used furniture from my own house, which was being torn down in order to build a glass, steel high rise.
«And None Shall Reign There» features a lean heron watching the sinking tumble of London's modern glass buildings under a fiery sky, its feet firmly planted in the fens in implicit promise that, long after we are gone, the natural world will rise again.
Designed by British architect David Adjaye, the 14,000 - square - foot, two - story building will be clad in glittering rose - hued panels made of precast concrete and crushed glass.
A place where the old world of the urban fringe with its dust, dirt, and violent roughness exists alongside the new world of dense high rise pillars, shiny glass buildings, and well - designed areas for entertainment and consumption.
The glass will reflect the changing nature of the light and landscape to create a constantly evolving theatre of shadows upon the adjacent buildings as the sun rises in the east and sets in the west.
In freshman physics lab I built an up - side - down thermometer (block of parafin with drilled hole for mercury, hollow glass tube so the mercury level fell when the temperature rose).
P.H.: A primary goal of Drawdown is to help people who feel overwhelmed by gloom - and - doom messages see that reversing global warming is bursting with possibility: walkable cities, afforestation, bamboo, high - rises built of wood, marine permaculture, multistrata agroforestry, clean cookstoves, plant - rich diet, assisting women smallholders, regenerative agriculture, supporting girls» ongoing education, smart glass, in - stream hydro, on and on.
The main building curves through the campus and above the trees, a Ring of glass and solar panels that disappears behind the rolling hills one moment only to rise up and fill your field of view the next.
Whether this increase in high rise construction will lead to a spike in construction deficiency claims and potential law suits is not yet known, but recent media coverage indicates that problems have already arisen in some new towers, particularly in glass - walled buildings.
At the grand opening in October 1996, Benetton unveiled a building with a stunning metal grid and glass store front rising two stories above the street.