Sentences with phrase «windows than walls»

Enjoy an alfresco movie at Hardwick House, which is famous for having more windows than walls.

They are not gestural, they are not heroic, and they are closer in size to standard windows than walls.

I'll probably get something made up someday for our cottage, either a painting of our cottage or one of my photos, but we have more windows than wall space.

Not exact matches

As long as attention is paid to detail while building (including window trim, a good foundational slab and roof, and proper placement of the house to begin with), the risk of mold and rot is no worse than with any other type of wall construction.

Lay throw blankets over the back of your couch to invite guests to curl in and cuddle up, don't skimp on the pillows (perfect for when the kids bring friends over for sleepovers), and if you do have windows in the room, make sure you find great, modern window treatments that will add a bit of appeal to an otherwise blank wall — especially if your window looks out on a less than spectacular view.

It felt like I stared at that wall more than anything, because obviously I wasn't going to get anywhere close to a window.

At first, he won't be able to see anything more than a foot away from him in great detail, but he'll nevertheless enjoy the delicate play of shadows your window blinds project onto a nearby wall, a bright curtain gently fluttering in the breeze, and the varied shapes and colors of a big houseplant or an outdoor tree or bush.

Low Frequency noise is the dominant feature, and it travels long distances, and because it's low - frequency, it goes through walls and windows much more readily than more audible mid-frequencies.»

Aside from solar panels, thicker windows, and a new heating and cooling system, buildings often need far more insulation than the walls can hold.

All other things being equal, patients with bedside windows looking out on leafy trees healed, on average, a day faster, needed significantly less pain medication and had fewer postsurgical complications than patients who instead saw a brick wall.

In a conference call with reporters and Wall Street analysts earlier Monday, neither of the two executives representing the firms — William Lynch, CEO of Barnes & Noble, and Andy Lees, president at Microsoft — went further than that statement when talking about the Nook app and Windows.

With whitewashed walls, leaded windows and period furnishings, the Pelican Inn is more 16th century England than modern - day Marin.

For one thing, its one - bedroom villas are ginormous — larger than 3,000 square feet in size — with window walls that open up completely.

For a more luxurious experience with access to a downtown, try the Lost Whale Inn, a bed - and - breakfast in Trinidad — reserve the Sea Lion Room for a wall of windows overlooking ocean cliffs — or Carter House Inn in Eureka (don't miss the wine list, which has more than 3,800 bottles!).

A walk through the marble - clad lobby past the reception desk and the window - walled lobby bar leads to the quartet of elevators where there's never more than a minute's wait.

There is a 3 meter (10 foot) setback from the borders of the lot, for any wall that has a window on it, which still leaves much more than enough space to build a house.

The floor - to - ceiling and wall - to - wall window in the living room brings you closer to the ocean than you ever could imagine.

The Fitness Centre offers an impressive array of equipment although it's the one area in the hotel without mountain or lake views, while the indoor pool at the Zion Spa has a wall of floor - to - ceiling windows that more than compensates.

Rooms are located on the upper levels of the hotel and are smaller in size than a standard hotel, but feature artistic, modern décor and floor - to - ceiling, wall - to - wall windows, as well as mini-refrigerators, microwaves and WiFi.

Seats of this configuration are less comfortable for tall people (larger than 1,90 m) in relation to LH's 747 seats: lower length, small width for the feet, tight width for the seats at the window as you are touching the wall with your knees while lying on your side.

The window alignment meant the wall pushed in right where my shoulder was, so I had even less shoulder space than the already tight 787 economy seats.

In isolating this window view, silk - screening it as a series in different shades of gray, and hanging it on both walls next to their own version of Ensor's painting, BHQF made what would have otherwise evoked nothing more than a gallery after an opening when it's ready for the cleaning crew feel instead like some kind of eerie contemporary chapel.

Other artworks in the apartment are small enough to walk off with: a beautiful wall - mounted Donald Judd no larger than a bread box; a tabletop set of Richard Pettibone miniatures of paintings by other famous artists; a Cy Twombly drawing on a chrome stand by the window.

Steel truss - work beneath the long skylight overhead, the slot windows in the end walls and the illuminated «light boxes» the architects have attached to the Turbine Hall's north wall cleanse the enormous interior's factorylike, almost prisonlike air, rather than deny it.

Comprising more than eighty works, the show will feature a dramatic, non-chronological layout in which staggered rows of parallel walls confront the viewer like the layered pages of a book or stacked windows on a computer screen, twin references to Guyton's sources and process.

Perhaps the most ambitious of Charles Willson Peale's sons, Rembrandt Peale is widely remembered for having painted more than seventy - eight nearly identical «porthole» portraits of George Washington, in which Washington is seen through an oval window in a stone wall.

In this case, it is a window sign rather than a wall sign, hung in front of the arched glass on the far side of the Pavilion's foyer, facing outward.

Comprising more than eighty works dating from 1999 to the present, Guyton's first midcareer survey features a dramatic, non-chronological design in which staggered rows of parallel walls confront the viewer like the layered pages of a book or stacked windows on a monitor.

Here I would cue up my usual response and say «reducing demand is more important than increasing supply» but they do that too; Insulation in walls and attics is increased, window performance is improved, LED lighting is mandated and ventilation is improved.

It's a lot cheaper and a lot easier for a developer to work with one trade, the window wall supplier, than to coordinate among trades when mixing precast or brick with glass.

Windows are generally less efficient than walls, and are also a common site for air infiltration.

Windows high and low on more than one wall, venting skylights or attic fans, generous eave overhangs, screen porches — anything that promotes air flow...

Windows, doors, rooflights, curtain walling and any other glazed elements often lose (or gain) significantly more heat than the surrounding walls or roof of the thermal envelope.

They are also much quieter than window A / C units or through - wall PTAC units.

I've gained more heat and cold through old single pane Windows and drafty doors than through walls of 3 quite old and poorly insulated homes I've lived in.

Continuous Header: Rather than having separate headers over each window and door in the wall, Andrew uses a continuous header along the top of the wall.

Windows are much more expensive than walls and are lovely things, but truly a case of where you can have too much of a good thing, causing «overheating in summer, heat loss in winter, reduced privacy, less space for storage and furniture and more glass to clean.»

As previously reported in issue 18 of Passive House Plus, the company began to apply its learnings to new build in last year's 15 unit second phase at Silken Park, itself a laudable low energy project which featured essentially the same wall build - up, but with double rather than triple - glazed windows, a strip foundation system, demand controlled ventilation and condensing gas boilers.

All other things being equal, patients with bedside windows looking out on leafy trees healed, on average, a day faster, needed significantly less pain medication and had fewer postsurgical complications than patients who instead saw a brick wall.»

For example, is more heat lost through the ventilation system than through the windows or through the external walls?

Thus, our homes are much more than cement and brick, they are much more than four walls and windows and door.

At just 2.57 mm thin — about the thickness of three quarters stacked together — it looks more like a window on the wall than any TV you've seen before.

While smart air conditioning may vary from centralized systems that control the entire home to single units mounted on a wall or a window, what's trending in the market is Wi - Fi connected air conditioners — that are a new class of home appliance that make controlling the climate in your home or office easier than ever before with the help of smartphone apps and cutting - edge technology.

Professional Experience SMC Construction (Irvine, CA) 05/2007 — Present Senior Project Superintendent • Supervise and managed subcontractors for a $ 4.2 million parking garage for LA Valley Collage • Perform demolition of the existing parking lot and construction of new 458 parking spaces • Install new lighting and «fire life safety» emergency phone system throughout the parking lot • Construct new storm drain system, Bio-swale, landscaping and new marquee signs • Oversee an $ 18 million construction project for the Ventura County Fire and Sheriff Academy Training Academy (FSTA) • Build single story, metal framed, 47,640 square foot of classroom building • Construct classrooms, fire lab, driving and shooting simulator rooms, library, offices, kitchens, multipurpose rooms, break rooms, and restrooms • Supervise and manage the construction of the Gold LEED Huntington Library • Oversee demolition of existing library in accordance with city regulations • Manage the construction of the $ 28 million Gold LEED Rieber Hall for UCLA • Direct team of more than 120 workers a day for refurbishment of 424 dormitory building • Ensure compliance with Title 24 and the latest code and building regulations • Perform asbestos abatement, installation of HVAC system with new boilers and ductwork, plumbing with Solar panels providing hot water to 24 bathrooms with multiple showers, toilets and sinks, and ADA compliant restrooms • Install electrical system with an emergency generator backup system, 4 traction elevators, windows, and curtain wall system • Completed project on schedule without disrupting the University's use of the 1st floor and exterior • Oversee the $ 5.6 million exterior renovation of the Anaheim Convention Center • Remove exterior walls on 3 sides of the building and install complex new curtain wall system in 20 bays • Maintain job site and public safety allowing use of the convention center during ongoing construction

For example, entertainment centers need sound systems and screens within walls, and architect Tom Kinslow notes that smart windows are larger than traditional windows.

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My walls are all off white and there isn't a window treatment to be found anywhere (other than the blinds).

Windows, walls, doors, rooms, and lights are positioned in different places from dwelling to dwelling, so each home is lit differently than the next.

Positioning the bed and area rug against the wall, rather than under the window, allows for open floor space (all the better for playing on) and makes the 150 - square - foot room seem bigger.

Windows take up huge wall space in many rooms, larger than any other single piece of art or anything else that hangs on the walls.