| 单词 | building |
| 释义 | building (bɪldɪŋ ) Word forms: buildings countable noun A2 A building is a structure that has a roof and walls, for example a house or a factory. They were on the upper floor of the building. Crowds gathered around the Parliament building. Synonyms: structure, house, construction, dwelling [formal, literary] Collocations: building capacity Building capacity within state institutions demands political leadership that promotes prudent public service delivery, management and, in particular, financial governance. ST Instead of building capacity to provide extra megawatts, we instead use 'negawatts'- forgone power consumption. Times, Sunday Times Building capacity means developing the potential for people to improve and respond to the needs of their own community. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Generally, grantees pursue change through three major avenues: building capacity in states for policy innovation and investment; supporting policymakers; and analyzing and tracking policies. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The first renovation of the high school occurred from 1993 to 1996, boosting the building capacity by 40%. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In fact, there are people who survive after nine or ten days in an enclosed space, for example when a building collapses and traps them wihout actually crushing them. Times, Sunday Times Upon arriving however, he comes under heavy fire and the building collapses. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 At one point, a building collapses on her after she repeatedly stomps her foot in a temper tantrum over a broken shoe. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 When a building collapses on top of her (see below), she was slowed down, but was unharmed. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There were also numerous building collapses caused by fracture of brittle cast iron beams. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 We work in the building construction business. Chicago Sun-Times These pillars were not used to support the building construction at all, but they were used just for beautification. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The building construction used poor quality material and it was soon found to be in a state of near ruin. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Moreover, the roadway above had not yet been pedestrianised, and street access and station building construction was not acceptable within the road limits. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The borough has experienced substantial new building construction since 2002. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It's a completely new paradigm in building design. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Portal frame structures are widely used in industrial building design but unfortunately are often damaged during an earthquake. 2014, 'Study on the Seismic Response of a Portal Frame Structure Based on the Transfer Matrix Method of Multibody System', Advances in Mechanical Engineering Concrete masonry, exposed structural steel, glass and metal roofs make up the majority of the building exteriors. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Many building exteriors are illuminated in vibrant colors such as green and blue. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The arrangement was standard rectangular, with building exteriors consisting of wood sheeting covered with 15-pound felt and asbestos-siding shingles. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The changes included revising old building exteriors with newer, hipper color schemes, and further changes, including the installation of televisions and video games in restaurants. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Major improvements were made to building exteriors, parking, security, street furniture and paving. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 After this, he devoted himself particularly to building interiors, his work being mainly carried out in watercolour. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For example, players are able to customize the aesthetics and layout of building interiors, but unable to alter the basic structure and shape of buildings. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Besides shopping opportunities at some locations, the random street crimes brought back from the first game often occur within building interiors as well. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Many of the building interiors are created in what could be considered comic book perspective, with exaggerated lines and angles. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They are generally ineffective, and are no substitute for physical measures to exclude squirrels from building interiors. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Because he was performing normal building maintenance, he had felt no need of protective clothing. Times, Sunday Times Accounts for 2004-05 indicate that colleges spent 195 million on 'core' activities as well as on building maintenance. Times, Sunday Times But when some low-skilled functions do arise-janitorial services, building maintenance, occasional typing-whom do we think of first? Christianity Today Unfortunately, the building maintenance people had forgotten to do the same at the summit venue, leaving themselves with a frantic last-minute job to correct the mistake. Times, Sunday Times The county council has bundled all its property and building maintenance interests — served at present by outsourced contractors or remaining direct labour organisations — into one contract. Times, Sunday Times It’s an excellent building material—durable, renewable, good at insulating. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was thought to be flour or a building material. The Sun They use every building material available, from sand and seaweed to saliva. Times, Sunday Times One of the biggest surprises stemmed from the building material rather than the structure’s design. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 With its uniform color, the granite became a coveted building material. Smithsonian Mag The building overlooks a city in which millions of people live in slums. Times, Sunday Times A long veranda to the rear of this building overlooks a large tank. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The building overlooks a topiary garden located 2 blocks south of the building. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 At the end, an old wooden building overlooks the padang where games of cricket and other social activities were held. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The building overlooks the central garden to the north and has two lecture halls and the staffs' chambers. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Can they force the building owner to pay? Times,Sunday Times It means any 'occupier of land, buildings, storeys or rooms adjoining those of the building owner'. Times, Sunday Times The pediment has a firemark, a plaque noting that the building owner had given financially to the town fire department. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Using this, a building owner can meet the requirements of the fire code related to fire barriers during the period of building occupation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Sometimes units in a multi-family residential building are condominiums, where typically the units are owned individually rather than leased from a single apartment building owner. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Threats to burn his building began to be uttered. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Do they still blame us for burning the building 200 years ago? Times, Sunday Times I'd as soon burn the buildings down. Times, Sunday Times Pearl and her neighbor felt that they should have burned the building down a long time ago. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The searing heat and dense, acrid smoke inside a burning building make it almost impossible for firefighters to see what is around them. Times, Sunday Times (2012) A photograph showing him crouched with a gun in the burning building made him a nationalist pin-up. The Sun (2016) Saved a kitten from a burning building? The Sun (2013) He managed to tug his leg free and escape the burning building. The Sun (2009) From where they stood they could see the burning building, a skeleton of itself standing gauntly among flames. THY BROTHER DEATH (2002) A new campus building was completed in 2007 to house the business and law schools. Times, Sunday Times The school comprises roughly 60 percent of the campus building. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Students attended classes in a private home while the school built this first campus building, begun in 1896 and completed in 1898. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The university campus building expansion was followed by a gentrification process in the 1980s. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The main campus building contains twelve classrooms arranged around a central covered courtyard. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It's a proud new civic building, at a time when very few of those are being built. Times, Sunday Times (2013) It is not a necessary civic building. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Not a mural or stained glass window in any civic building. Times, Sunday Times (2013) But in the centre of the town, at the rear of the civic building, there was a cinema where Melanie worked as an usherette. LOOKING FOR THE SPARK (2003) The landmark southern colonial building (below) reopens next month after a staggeringly expensive revamp - they've spent 30m on just 63 rooms. Times, Sunday Times The structure incorporated a 1790s colonial building on the corner, which was renovated and helped inspire the style of the rest of the structure. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 After a severe storm in the 1850s that damaged the colonial building, it was restored according to his original plans. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Some people insisted in keeping the original colonial building since it was one of the first and oldest standing structures of the growing city realizing its importance as heritage. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There are 25 villas designed to look like traditional colonial buildings, but with slick modern interiors. Times, Sunday Times It marks two and a half years of sustained growth across the sector, driven by a rise in commercial building, housing and civil engineering work. Times, Sunday Times By fully employing the space in two adjacent houses and a commercial building, they expanded in the same location. Christianity Today Infrastructure construction, meanwhile, increased by 3.3 per cent and private commercial building was 1 per cent higher. Times, Sunday Times Commercial building activity also enjoyed the sharpest improvement in five months. Times, Sunday Times The construction sector held firm, however, with an increase in infrastructure and commercial building helping to lift growth to 1.9 per cent. Times,Sunday Times Then the biggest reinforced concrete building in the country, the factory was the last word in structural modernity. Times, Sunday Times The 30ft-high concrete building stands in the centre of a 73-acre site which developers want to build homes on. The Sun Two seconds after they reached the street the two-storey concrete building collapsed, crushing everything inside. The Sun Concrete building destroyed after an explosion but reactor container intact. The Sun When they fall down, parts can be salvaged and re-used - whereas a brick or concrete building too often crumbles into rubble and dust. Times, Sunday Times They plan to spend 70million on confidence building and communication mediation skills. The Sun He needs his confidence building, so take things at a pace he's comfortable with. The Sun We help in areas such as confidence building through counselling. The Sun We included support and confidence building to enable the clients to continue training for the full two years. Times, Sunday Times With official rates now at a record low of 0.5 per cent and economic confidence building, demand has picked up again. Times, Sunday Times If you spend $4 million to construct a building, you will likely spend over $13 million to operate it within that 40-year period. Christianity Today The congregation approved plans in 2000 to construct a building containing an educational facility with administrative offices and a library and chapel on the newly acquired land. Christianity Today In all, over 1,500 workers helped construct the building. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 During daytime, common citizens employed on the project would construct the building. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The final cost to construct the building in 1917 was $186,477.28. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Its sale should attract significant interest, given the potential to convert the building into a prime residential scheme. Times, Sunday Times But suddenly these attractions and the option to convert the building into residential use seemed the most thrilling proposition, causing 90 people to view the place. Times, Sunday Times Until 2004 it was a hotel, but a developer now wants to convert the building into 11 flats. Times, Sunday Times However, a planning application has been lodged to convert the building to residential use. Times, Sunday Times Developers have applied to convert the building into five flats. The Sun Hosts will have to sign contracts, including commitments not to damage the building. Times, Sunday Times The section outlaws transportation or possession of any explosive with intent to damage a building or property. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The explosion was caused with some kind of fireworks or firecracker containing too little gunpowder to seriously damage the building. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Demolition of buildings was capable of constituting a project affecting the environment. Times, Sunday Times But the new design and the required demolition of buildings has divided architectural opinion. Times, Sunday Times This led to other considerations in the explosive demolition of buildings, such as worker and spectator safety and limiting collateral damage. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Of the controlled waste, 48% came from the demolition of buildings, 22% from industry, 17% from households and 13% from business - only 3% were recycled. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The street was widened in the early 1930s by demolition of buildings on the east side of the street. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The dilapidated building was closed for good in 1983 and was widely believed to be haunted. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It encouraged the city administrators to buy the dilapidated building and make plans for its renovation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In 1706 the dilapidated building was pulled down, but the tower was preserved. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The market itself remained however, until 1973, when the rest of the dilapidated building was finally torn down. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The dilapidated building underwent a thorough and painstaking restoration process between 1991 and the present moment. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Indeed, they seemed to cherish this elegant building far more than its owners. Times, Sunday Times This could be the day when you look at a picture of an elegant building and just know you will live there. The Sun It's an idyllic spot, and a wonderfully elegant building, all of which makes the nuclear bunker, situated 4.5m below the surface of a neighbouring field, a surreal experience. Times, Sunday Times An elegant building on the town square. Times, Sunday Times During the 13th century masons set to work on the most elegant building ever constructed on the island. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Security guards patrol the empty building around the clock. Times, Sunday Times From a largely empty building, on a largely empty block, he communicated with residents by e-mail. Times, Sunday Times Others will, rightly, see the suspension of empty building rates as a boost to high streets where vacant commercial premises can blight surrounding residential streets. Times, Sunday Times Her particular intention was to burn down every empty building that she saw. Times, Sunday Times A mile further on, the nurses set up shop in an empty building. Times, Sunday Times We are more cine-literate than ever, without actually entering the building. Times, Sunday Times (2017) The first troops to enter the building encountered corridors filled with dead and wounded pupils. Times, Sunday Times (2014) All those ` k 's ", Newman thought wrily as he entered the building. COVER STORY He walked back and entered the building, slapping his press card down on the reception counter. COVER STORY (2002) No one entered the building because the front and back doors were secure. Times, Sunday Times (2015) It was then proposed to erect the building elsewhere. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was not until 1931 that plans were made to erect a building to permanently house the works of art. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Six years later, the college's board of trustees decided to erect a building to house the college's new scientific programs. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Having done so, he secured himself the right to erect a building on his own real property. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 After considerable argument over where the center of the town actually was, the town meeting agreed on where to erect the building. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It may be necessary to evacuate the building. Times, Sunday Times The drama sparked fears of a chemical leak, leading police to evacuate the building and seal off nearby streets. The Sun As she rushes to evacuate a building, a blast rips it apart. The Sun Heroic surgeons defied the flames to carry on operating before they too had to evacuate the building. The Sun The session was disrupted by a fire alarm, meaning everyone had to evacuate the building, after a piece of crumpet was left in a toaster. The Sun My design combats this by placing a larger rooflight in the roof of the new extension at the point where it joins the existing building. Times, Sunday Times We finally voted to buy the existing building. Christianity Today We bought the plot, razed the existing building and built the property in which we live. Times, Sunday Times Tear down the steeple and use the damaged steel to form an artistic cross on the lawn or front wall of the existing building. Christianity Today At the opposition rally he vowed to block demolition of the existing building by standing in front of the wrecking ball. Times, Sunday Times And if you don't want any of them you have to exit the building. Times, Sunday Times She 'used the stairs and fire escapes to enter and exit the building, as well as the bathrooms and kitchens on different floors, to avoid coming across him', it said. Times, Sunday Times Meeting over, the guys exit the building. Globe and Mail They suddenly find they are able to exit the building. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He took the fire escape to exit the building while the elevator was being used to move their equipment downstairs. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I was arrested for participating in a sit-in protest at a federal building, but was soon exonerated by a liberal judge. Christianity Today The elevators in the federal building are notoriously cranky. Houston Chronicle In one instance officers were able to quickly dispel reports that parachutists had landed on top of a federal building. Globe and Mail Although the federal building has accommodated various functions, it has been continuously occupied since its completion. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In 1916, the federal government purchased a site within the civic center for the construction of the new federal building. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The couple end up with a handsome building, complete with its own indoor cinema. Times, Sunday Times I had just done a big handsome building in town, and a piece about it in the newspaper had used a photograph of me. Times, Sunday Times From there, it was a short trudge back to our apartment, in the attic space of a handsome building that was once a museum. The Sun In 1915, the house was described as' a large and handsome building of stone, in a well-wooded park of about 300 acres'. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Despite competition and changing tastes, the handsome building operated successfully as a store for nearly 100 years, until 1820, when it was finally adapted for residential use. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The measures needed are reforms of property taxation to encourage house building. Times, Sunday Times (2015) There are two sectors that qualify: house building and road improvement. Times, Sunday Times (2010) The documents also set out the collapse in public sector spending on house building. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Its financial position has been precarious and the recent sale of land for house building was essential to survive. Times, Sunday Times (2013) It was an old industrial building with planning permission and typical of the neighbourhood's then ungentrified state. Times, Sunday Times (2008) So we hunted for an empty shopping center, industrial building, or warehouse capable of being converted into a church. Christianity Today (2000) Portal frame structures are widely used in industrial building design but unfortunately are often damaged during an earthquake. 2014, 'Study on the Seismic Response of a Portal Frame Structure Based on the Transfer Matrix Method of Multibody System', Advances in Mechanical Engineering It could have been destined for a landmark building or a town centre, and was big enough to cause 'huge devastation and loss of life'. Times, Sunday Times But the conservation officer was underwhelmed by the design, and said that such a visible site deserved a landmark building. Times, Sunday Times This landmark building has been home to the wealthy and famous for decades and, after extensive renovations, remains the top place to stay in town. ST Critics fear that the landmark building will become more a visitor attraction than a place of study, pervaded with 'the aroma of the coffee bean'. Times, Sunday Times If they accept the offer, the newlyweds will get a large self-contained pad within the landmark building. The Sun They were taught in two classes in a leased building. Times, Sunday Times (2015) The vendor will continue to lease the building. Times, Sunday Times (2012) He leased the building from the federal government, under a contract that prohibits an elected official from benefiting from the deal. Times, Sunday Times (2016) A canine chapel of rest is conveniently situated behind the main building. Times, Sunday Times (2007) The main building has a baronial hall which seats up to 100 people, a minstrels' gallery and flagstone floor. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Class lists have been posted outside the university's main building for 300 years. Times, Sunday Times (2016) The main building has five apartments, or stay in the newly opened two-bedroom casita in the gardens. Times, Sunday Times (2014) All rooms have access to an outdoor hot tub and are connected to the main building by glass walkways. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Find the rankest, glummest modern building you can find. Times, Sunday Times (2010) There was so much amazing support for this modern building on a greenfield site. Times, Sunday Times (2007) It was a more modern building prosaically constructed of concrete. THE QUEST FOR K (2004) Municipal building set on fire, reports claimed the city had fallen under control of protesters. Times, Sunday Times I'm actually in a former municipal building that has been converted into a hotel. Times, Sunday Times A small statement of civic cohesion and local pride was the fire station and municipal building. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Fine examples of traditional pottery can be seen in the town's museum, across from the municipal building. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This was followed by a core group meeting at the old municipal building. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Why such a grand interior in a nondescript building? Times, Sunday Times So why such a grand interior in an otherwise nondescript building? Times, Sunday Times While the original game took place in a nondescript building, the sequels transposed the action to a polar setting and a desert island. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Chuck sees them enter a nondescript building. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 We veterans, who now occupy a building nearby, are agog as we watch great mechanical dinosaurs tear at the fabric with pneumatic jaws. Times, Sunday Times They did not occupy this building. Times, Sunday Times If you're old enough to occupy a building, you're old enough to show your face and get arrested. Times, Sunday Times There were no immediate announcements as to what would occupy the building after the store's closure. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The vertical campus can accommodate 10,000 students for the three vocational schools that occupy the building. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Don't replace the windows with sealed units: good carpets and interlined curtains are what you need in an old building. Times, Sunday Times (2012) They've transformed a tired old building into a home as bright and cheery as a pug in a buttercup-yellow moss-stitch snood. Times, Sunday Times (2017) It was an old building with a chequerboard of black and white tiles on the floor, all the elevator doors decorative brass. THE SERPENT'S MARK Flat owners can't commission it because they don't own the building and can't give permission for holes to be cut. Times,Sunday Times The company that owns the building can use its own resources, it can borrow the money or the contractor can provide the finance. Times, Sunday Times You can't order an engineer to cut holes for the check because as a leaseholder you don't own the building. Times,Sunday Times Leaseholders own the right to occupy a home, they do not own the building. Times, Sunday Times However, you must own the building that you propose to do the work on. Times, Sunday Times The red-brick building has a surprisingly chequered history. Times, Sunday Times The factory has been converted into apartments, but you can still marvel at this higgledy-piggledy red-brick building. Times, Sunday Times It was a grand, red-brick building. Times,Sunday Times It was a two-bedroom flat on the fourth floor of an ugly 1970s six-storey red-brick building. Times, Sunday Times The red-brick building houses 12 bedrooms, which are fitted with original 1920s design touches, including statement wooden headboards, antique wardrobes and polished stone floors. Times, Sunday Times The local council, which opposed its creation, blocked plans to renovate the building. Times, Sunday Times The association has a multi-year plan to renovate the building for extended community use. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There are now plans to renovate the building. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, the hotel was given to new owners, and they planned to renovate the building for office space. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They planned to renovate the building and rent it out as retail space. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This requires the owner to repair the building. Times, Sunday Times If they are not battling government officials trying to impose a new moral order, they are struggling to find the funds to repair the building. Times, Sunday Times It was not possible to repair the building, however. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 At that time it was estimated that it would cost 3.8 million to repair the building. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This work was completed around 1881 after a sum of 380 was found to repair the building from its then ruinous state. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He pounded the door of the large residential building but nobody answered. Times, Sunday Times (2014) No residential building can be more than five storeys high. Times, Sunday Times (2006) The Conservative plan involves streamlining planning policies to free up brownfield sites for residential building. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Within eight years he had raised 4 million to restore the building. Times, Sunday Times There, he built up the congregation and developed fundraising skills to restore the building. Times, Sunday Times From the outset it was clear that one could not restore the building without first reviving the lake. Times, Sunday Times The lottery grant will be used to restore the building while doubling its exhibition space. Times, Sunday Times In the 1970s the town voted to restore the building for use as its town hall. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 And never more so than when you have a big, run-down building, but a small budget with which to convert it into a family home. Times, Sunday Times But there's something else odd about the atmosphere in the run-down building. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Now, though, the most picturesque run-down buildings have all been taken. Times, Sunday Times The study found that the public associated beauty not only with attractive architecture and parks, but with the absence of blights such as litter, graffiti and run-down buildings. Times, Sunday Times He worked to improve the run-down buildings and unsafe conditions that had become standard in the city's aging public-housing units, and also arranged deals that improved neighborhood conditions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Masked youths clashed with police in front of the parliament and some tried to storm the building. Times, Sunday Times When the protesters arrived at the venue, there were two arrests after they tried to storm the building. Times, Sunday Times Some tried to storm the building. Times, Sunday Times A few tried to storm the building but were persuaded back by the peaceful majority. Times, Sunday Times Two peshmerga had been badly wounded in an explosion when they tried to storm the building, which had been left empty ever since. Times, Sunday Times It was originally a large, squarish stucco building with a tiled roof. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The one-story stucco building had a twin gable roof with 3 bays. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was a two-story brick and stucco building, containing approximately 20 classrooms, a library, offices, and a 750 seat-capacity auditorium. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Despite the changes, the stucco building with its neoclassical forms, which were usual at the time, has heritage protection. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The stucco building has a red-tile hipped roof and cornices on each side. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For one thing, how can you surround any building with two people, which would be all we had? Times, Sunday Times Deep loggias surround the building, welcome and civic-minded in the rain. Times, Sunday Times A corbelled brick architrave and frieze surround the building below a wooden cornice with decorative brackets. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Attempts to escape the building are thwarted by a mass of possessed street people who surround the building and barricade the doors from the outside. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Four of the columns which surround the building are hollow and, with a length of chain dangling in each, allows rainwater to drain down. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In the tented village, fire engines were used to pump six inches of water from under the marquees and temporary building which, it was feared, were becoming dangerously unstable. Times, Sunday Times The gym was a temporary building with a couple of weights and an exercise bike. Times, Sunday Times It was first built as a temporary building and was scheduled for demolition about a decade after its construction. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The smaller temporary building located on the waterfront promenade had previously operated as a feasibility trial beginning in 2004 and ran seasonally until 2011. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It can exist in the form of a campsite, a temporary building, bus, van, or a short term agreement in a permanent building. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A big, ugly building site of a place, devoid of trees and charm. Times, Sunday Times Their judgment can be questioned, as can that of all those developers throwing up lacklustre and ugly buildings in our cities. Times, Sunday Times Sheds can be used as a wall against which to grow attractive climbers, while trees can screen ugly buildings. Times, Sunday Times They are building ugly buildings everywhere. The Sun Growing cultural and culinary scenes and regeneration schemes are slowly helping to improve the city's reputation, in light of its long associations with pollution, crime and ugly buildings. Times, Sunday Times In winter 1988, the vacant building caught fire during renovation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In 1987, they moved out, and the vacant building was threatened with demolition. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They cover the body with quicklime and plastic sheets and nail the vacant building closed before they leave. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Pocket parks are frequently created on a single vacant building lot or on small, irregular pieces of land. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It closed in 1998 and the vacant building was torn down in 2004. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Health trusts made use of this to refurbish Victorian buildings and install modern equipment. Times, Sunday Times (2011) The task was to turn the rambling Victorian building with a one-bedroom annexe into a family home. Times, Sunday Times (2012) We recently moved into a flat in a Victorian building and upset the neighbours with extensive refurbishment. Times, Sunday Times (2014) They had taken over a warehouse building in the meat-packing district and entry was on a timed basis, late into the night. Times, Sunday Times There have been low levels of warehouse building since the financial crisis. Times, Sunday Times One report of around 300 bats has been found in a rundown warehouse building. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The warehouse building had one fireplace and only 432 bunk spaces. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The centre's wooden warehouse building, in which offices had been constructed, was razed, leaving only the cinderblock arms vault above the building's high slab. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The pair have commissioned a team of young artists and design engineers to create an instant wooden building. Times, Sunday Times Almost every wooden building had been burnt to the ground, and most of the concrete, stone and brick buildings were heavily damaged. Times,Sunday Times We located an alternative site and then dismantled a large wooden building before taking it to the plot and putting it back together again. Times,Sunday Times The wooden building sits on a two-acre plot with planning permission for a six-bedroom mansion worth 2.5million. The Sun He risked all to liberate 114 islanders who had been held in a rickety wooden building nearby for 29 days. The Sun Translations: Chinese: 建筑物 Japanese: 建物 |
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