Sentences with phrase «walls are all glass»

For example, if a major part of the exterior walls is glass, the glass should have a specially glazed surface so as to repel heat in the summer but allow heat to be retained inside during the winter.

Not exact matches

Everything is flexible: Work stations have sit - or - stand desks and the main conference room has moveable glass walls and massive drapes that can transform the space.

On this day, Aeryon's office on the outskirts of Waterloo, Ont., is a quiet place where about two dozen people toil in cubicles separated by glass walls scrawled with engineering formulas.

Behind the orange glass wall, a basketball net and scaffolding remind employees there's room for play, too.

In its Esmeralda Villa, you could easily mistake the bathroom for a miniature spa: its floors and walls are lined with garapeira wood, there's bright white bathrobes, and daybeds are placed right in front of a floor - to - ceiling glass window that looks out over the sea.

The space's numerous glass walls are often used in place of whiteboards.

MarketWatch cites sources at Apple who say that because so much of Apple Park's interior is made of glass, people keep smacking into walls and closed doors.

According to a description of the plans in Jobs's biography, released shortly after the CEO's death, the vessel was also to feature «perfectly flat and unblemished» teak decks and 40 - foot - long, 10 - foot - high glass walls in the main living area.

He's said he'd take on Wall Street by breaking up the big banks and reinstating the Glass - Steagall Act, the Depression - era law that separated the speculative activities of banks from their consumer depository functions.

He has since come to terms with his obligations as CEO, but code is still close to his heart: Dasilva chose a glass - walled office located right next to the development team.

The tech mogul has located the classrooms behind glass walls in high traffic areas so workers can «be inspired by seeing their peers pursue new skills.»

The result is a light - filled space with raw wood floors, an almost pharmaceutical perfume counter and austere surfaces interrupted by quiet bursts of sensuality — a silver, swag - patterned wall or soft glass lanterns.

Because of Weill's efforts — he was instrumental in getting repealed the Glass - Steagall Act, a Depression - era law prohibiting commercial banks and retail banks from operating together — banks can now serve Main Street and Wall Street simultaneously.

Your glasses will quickly be able to identify the planes of your walls and instantly overlay your room in an endless array of color choices and combinations.

The glasses record 10 - second clips that are synced to the user's smartphone so they can be shared via Snapchat, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal.

To his right are Caldwell's employees at their own desks, seen through a glass wall that is meant to remind them of his standing offer to come in and talk.

So its owner, Sabey Data Center Properties, is giving the former Verizon Building a face - lift, including new glass walls to make it more attractive.

In many places the material on the inside wall — whether it's stone or wood — extends outside, and a glass panel intersects it.

According to documents and sources, Apple AAPL, +0.24 % has run into a problem at Apple Park: Because so much of the interior is made from glass — the walls and doors, for example — people are walking into the panes, sometimes painfully.

Wall Street also is seeking to avert any thought of restoring the Glass - Steagall Act in an attempt to protect the economy from having merged retail commercial banking with wholesale investment banking, insurance, real estate brokerage and kindred arms of high finance.

On the institutional level, Wall Street's managers want to ward off any threat that the Glass - Steagall legislation might be revived to separate consumer deposit banking and money management from today's casino capitalism.

This week, President Obama travels to Wall Street, where he'll demand — in light of the Street's continuing antics since the bailout, as well as its role in watering down the Volcker rule — that the Glass - Steagall Act be resurrected and big banks be broken up.

Amazon has taken office space in what was once a warehouse at 450 West 33rd Street, although the owner, Brookfield, recently gave the building a face - lift and glass walls.

On the big glass wall that fronts his hotel lobby, a window washer is spraying a stream of water.

Yesterday's sobering actions by the U.S. Justice Department will be meaningless unless Congress wakes up and breaks up Wall Street's behemoth banks by restoring the Glass - Steagall Act.

Their lifelong interest, after all, had been to promote deregulation and special tax favoritism for their Wall Street constituency, highlighted by repeal of Glass - Steagall in 1999 under Pres. Clinton.

The final surprise of the night was Liam Gallagher singing Oasis songs, including «Glass Wall» which includes the words «I believe the resurrection's on, and you were wrong.»

How can you be a pope or ayatollah or even a political leader who must be separated from his following by castle walls and bulletproof glass?

There are no walls in this chapel — only glass, only seeing, only seeing down the mountainside, only being seen.

This does not mean that the church is to huddle safely behind marble walls and stained glass cathedrals, as Satan tries to beat down our doors.

if anyone really needs to ask this question; «is jesus and santa white» seriously just walk around and look at all the stain glass paintings in churches, the murals on their walls, the pendants around everyone's necks... the guy is depicted white.

As human beings we are not, therefore, trapped behind the glass wall of our own subjectivity, because our brains are part of this same fabric of meaningful and interconnected reality that is the universe we live in.

But what I am unprepared for is the floor - to - ceiling wall of stained glass to my right.

For me, to choose a test - tube life bound by the glass walls of censorship, self - hatred and judgementalism is to choose no life at all.

It is the glass wall.

There has been erected an invisible glass wall between ourselves and the social system.

Walls and glass displays throughout the restaurant are adorned with imagery as well as a collection of memorabilia focused on filmmaking and Planet Hollywood Orlando's commitment to Hollywood.

There, a glass wall can be fully retracted to allow an interactive experience with the Chef or closed for an intimate dining experience.

Paintings and murals, mosaic collages, etched mirrors, stained glass, hand - painted tiles, and detailed wood trim are among the customized wall art applications the company produces.

The blue, white and yellow patterned tiles, stained glass and yellow stucco walls inside are elements of any dream I have had dealing with churros ever since.

The machine is described as a «high - tech innovation» which will use light sensors to check for smears, splits and wall thickness in the glass.

Anchoring the east end of the Central Food Hall, the innovative space will be incorporated into the market with a glass wall separating it from the retail experience allowing shoppers an exclusive view into the bustling kitchen and easy access into the restaurant.

A lighted «Wave Wall,» crafted by arranging hundreds of glass squares in a pattern mimicking the lapping motion of the Mediterranean Sea, will be a glistening focal point.

While the straight - walled, 16 - ounce glass is still standard, ridged nonic pints and the aroma - emphasizing TeKu glass are poised to carve out a larger niche.

Then there are the banquettes made with striped, hand - woven rugs and blankets in pink, orange, and red; and the neon - pink - flecked glass wall separating the dining room from the kitchen.

This open, airy, beautifully designed spot with huge glass windows and succulents lining the walls provides a beachy, laid - back vibe that's hard to find in Civic Center.

Most glass fountains can be viewed equally from both sides allowing you to use them as a divider wall or partition between rooms.

Interior and exterior spaces have been significantly enlarged and enhanced by the architecture and design team of Ryc Loope and Lynne Beyer, with a removable glass wall creating a seamless connection between indoors and out.

Perhaps the most striking addition to the building will be the broad glass wall that provides panoramic views of Wyebrook's pastures.

Knotty pine walls and burnt orange leather sofas provide the bar area with a living room feel, while glass block windows are used throughout as a nod to the Fulton Market's architectural history as a former meat distributor.