Sentence examples for brick blocks from inspiring English sources

Some post-war brick blocks are handsome; other concrete ones resemble Soviet housing.

It wasn't until the 1960s, when some new brick blocks were built for the Soviet elite, that it started to become more prestigious," he says.

And yet, for all those governments' grand plans, two third of Cairenes live in informal housing, raw red brick blocks put up higgledy, cheek-by-jowl, connected illegally (and sometimes not at all) to water and electricity.

Though twenty-first-century Bond Street, which consists of two rough-around-the-edges brick blocks between Broadway and the Bowery, has yet to boast a similar establishment, it's no longer the exclusive province of scrap-metal dealers and gas stations.

The exciting changes are the small, clever additions: the new gold flowers that let Mario toss Midas-touch fireballs that can turn brick blocks into coins, a move that will backfire if Mario needs to leap onto those blocks to reach some important place.

Beyond Mexico, in Colombia and Guatemala, as part of it's Assisted Self Construction Programme (PiAC), CEMEX is partnering with local governments and NGOs to manage Self-Employment Production Centres, where local families receive supportive training and material for manufacturing brick blocks to construct their own homes.

Castel Dracula is a 1970s brick block, with a "Dracula" sign above the door.

Once a red brick block, the building will feature floor-to-ceiling glass panels that bring the garden in, Mr. Trumbull said.

The show fills several floors of a gargantuan brick block of a building with products designed for commercial and institutional settings: schools, hotels, hospitals and especially offices.

Mrs. Jin is embroiled in a lawsuit that might or might not let her stay in that house, a bare-walled two-story brick block.

The school building, an unassuming brick block set back from a main road, doesn't fly rainbow flags or emblazon its walls with posters of pink triangles.