Sentence examples for architecture drawing from inspiring English sources

"The closest praise so far," says the institute's chief executive, Chris Blythe, "have been backhanded compliments that 'at least it's not another Wembley', with only the architecture drawing any sort of recognition.

The paper highlights the strengths and weaknesses of this geo-political architecture, drawing attention to the importance of institutional affiliation, identity-making, the reproduction of collective memory, and the issue of funding.

The Fatimids combined elements of eastern and western architecture, drawing on Abbasid, North African, Greek and indigenous Coptic traditions, and bridged between the early Islamic styles and medieval architecture of the Mamluks.

The Fatimid architecture that developed in the Fatimid Caliphate (909 1167 CE) of North Africa combined elements of eastern and western architecture, drawing on Abbasid architecture, Byzantine and Coptic architecture and North African traditions; it bridged early Islamic styles and the medieval architecture of the Mamluks, introducing many innovations.

Fatimid architecture drew together decorative and architectural elements from the east and west, and spanned from the early Islamic period to the Middle Ages, making it difficult to categorize.

When the aquarium opened, on Pier 3 in Baltimore's Inner Harbor, its brutalist architecture drew acclaim.

Burlington's practice of architecture drew criticism from contemporaries; aristocrats of the time did not themselves work in the arts.

All I knew was that it was a riot of colour, things that were supposedly mediaeval but quite clearly weren't.' Architecture drew him to art.

European neoclassical architecture drew inspiration from photographs of the ruins in the Syrian city of Palmyra: "a little of the Syrian desert lived secretly in London, Paris and Vienna".

Half a century ago, Bellmer's Freudian amalgamations of body parts, furniture and architecture, drawn with fine, elegantly spidery lines, and Tchelitchew's glowing images of a giant eye with spermlike lashes or heads made of loops like neon tubing would have been considered illustrational kitsch.

Its architecture drawn by cacti which separate the space into two involuntary chambers of contemplation, allowing visitors to see the installation from different angles.