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- Nov 07, 2020
Building Quotes
On the work of making something last.
These lines treat building as deliberate effort, whether it's teachers shaping a classroom culture to mirror an organization's, or someone who has spent a career building companies from nothing. Related: Foundation.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
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- Nov 07, 2020
During the nineteenth century, the rapid emergence and proliferation of new manufacturing methods and building technologies led to the establishment of polytechnic schools that concentrated on the practicalities of engineering and construction rather than the niceties of stylistic correctness or adherence to established precedent.
- Perception
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- Nov 07, 2020
A turning point in the public's perception of the building art came with the publication of Frank Lloyd Wright's 'An Autobiography' of 1932, a picaresque narrative that captivated many who hadn't the slightest inkling of what architects actually did.
- Dreams
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the most persistent yet elusive dreams of the Modern Movement in architecture has been prefabrication: industrially made structures that can be assembled at a building site.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The financial benefits of prefabrication have never been as large as its advocates predicted, for although some labor costs can be reduced by machine manufacturing, on-site assembly of any building still depends to some extent on the handwork of skilled craftsmen.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The magnificent lobby of the Chrysler Building - faced with rare marbles, aglitter with decorative metalwork, and surmounted by a ceiling painted with a totemic image of the tower itself - leads to elevator cabs inlaid with exotic woods in fanciful patterns. The entire route from street to office is invested with ceremony, dignity, and delight.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Academy of Architecture in Mendrisio comes from afar. Our land has a millennial history of emigrations: master masons, architects, builders, decorators, plasterers, artists from the world of building.
- Background
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was very useful to learn the history, the theory, and the art of building from a practical background.
- Stamina
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- Nov 07, 2020
Building businesses takes tremendous stamina, and success isn't achieved without it.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Usually, the energy in elevators is so awkward; I mean, I can't imagine the politics in the ones in the Conde Nast building.
- Outside
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think architects design outside in. Or they design basically outside. They don't get in the building anymore.
- Enough
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's been enough building of fences with labels trying to categorize artists, limiting artists' ability to be themselves.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The core issue here is that the Israeli government refuses to commit to terms of reference for the negotiations that are based on international law and United Nations resolutions, and that it frantically continues to intensify building of settlements on the territory of the State of Palestine.
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the most obvious reasons to start using timber rather than concrete is that it's the one commonly grown and therefore exceptionally renewable building material that we have available to us. And it acts as storage for carbon dioxide.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Hussein has chosen to spend his money on building weapons of mass destruction and palaces for his cronies.
- Place
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- Nov 07, 2020
If we are serious about providing upward mobility and building a skilled workforce, pre-school is the place to begin.
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- Nov 07, 2020