As with the Greek daimones, there was a vast variety of genii, or guardian spirits those of places, genius loci, including buildings (genius balneorum, etc)., and of corporations of all sorts, from the state (genius populi Romani) to small bodies of troops, guilds of tradesmen, and so forth.
She confidently insinuated that we could transform Syria into a flourishing democracy sans James Madisons, George Washingtons, or Thomas Jeffersons because of our unique nation-building genius.
Architects, artists and designers the world over will be hoping that the building's genius survives.
So the idea of Electric Hotel, a dance and sound piece that takes place in a specially constructed modernist glass building, is genius.
Richard Riordan could not bear the unfinished parking lot on Grand Avenue and, together with Eli Broad and others, raised the money that paid for architect Frank Gehry's building of genius.
This is not a lonely, tall, gaunt genius building a skyscraper or even conquering a crossword puzzle.
So the team started building out Quit Genius, which uses cognitive behavioral therapy to change a user's behavior.
Like many of his amateur rocket-building contemporaries, the genius designer of the A4, Werner Von Braun, dreamed of sending mankind to the moon and planets.
Thanks for your genius and building us into a corporate Superman, Steve, but we're moving on.
The first building came from his genius in 1662, the last in 1711.
