Word: ades
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...neighborliness of conflicting styles. The steep-roofed Hôtel de Ville, a noble example of middle Gothic, rests comfortably alongside the fantasia of the guildhalls; the light, vibrant stone tracery of the late Gothic Broodhuis (Bread Market) surpasses, without clashing against, the ornate, 18th century classical façade of the House of the Dukes of Brabant...
...elliptical segment of the oval form that Bernini used for St. Peter's Square, and throw it boldly along the city's outskirts, with an open prospect of unspoiled countryside. Binding together the 30 individual houses was a curtain wall modeled on a Palladian façade with its Ionic columns; behind it, Wood allowed for a variety in depth to the buildings to suit each owner's demands...
...striking a balance between monumentality and friendliness, Gropius in some instances departed radically from ancient Greek models. Classic Greek houses had a closed, blank façade facing the street; the new U.S. embassy will be open and inviting, with neither walls, fences nor closed façade obstructing the view into the interior court. "The building will be approachable, and thus democratic," said Gropius. "The visitor will not feel the impact of authority, but will enter the building as a free...
...responded with a clear, simple idea: "Essentially a department store is a big, empty box built around a central circulation core, with the walls closed to provide ample storage." In a move away from glass, he sheathed the box in travertine, employing hexagonal forms to give the façade the overall pattern of a honeycomb, set in slit windows (Rotterdam shoppers like to check materials in the sunlight). Here and there he opened up the curtain wall with bands of windows for the interior restaurant and executive offices...
...country and since." Jack Soble, also known as Peter, Abram and, in earlier years, Abromas Sobolevicius, arrived in the U.S. in 1941 by way of Japan. He and Myra became U.S. citizens in 1947. Soble worked as a dealer in animal hair and bristles, but behind his façade of respectability, the U.S. charged, he served the Kremlin as a spymaster in a ring that operated in the U.S. and Europe for more than a decade. Among the spies working under him in the U.S., charged Justice, was an immigrant named Jacob Albam, who came from Soble...