In the view of Mr. Dixon, who believes Mr. Barnes had trouble making a graceful transition from small- to large-scale projects, these buildings "undermined his stature".
Against its brooding dark granite, a treatment as gentle as Piano's Morgan project would be all but invisible; conversely, previous proposals, by Michael Graves and, later, by Rem Koolhaas, would have loomed over the building and undermined its monolithic power.
From velocity of subsoil's deformation can be calculated shear stress and also tensile forces and bending moment according to old method and according to Czech standard (ČSN 73 0039 - Building on undermined areas).
The Palestinians have threatened to walk out of the talks unless the Israelis agree to extend the freeze, saying settlement building is fatally undermining the prospects of a viable state.
The latest Israeli building plan is undermining Abbas, said Erekat.
Initial reports suggest that Nui, and to a lesser extent other islands, have been severely hit with storm surges, inundating houses, undermining building foundations, flooding food sources and killing livestock.
Aesthetics aside, preservationists say that not protecting these postwar buildings would undermine the integrity of the historical record.
The satellite photographs show about 2,275 destroyed buildings, Human Rights Watch said, "undermining the military's claim that only 30 houses were destroyed".
We get down and muddy at an Australian country truck festival, and hear about the Arctic cities where melting permafrost is structurally undermining many buildings.
A large body of research and evidence continues to warn us that an unregulated arms trade is helping to perpetuate corruption, unaccountable and/or non-transparent spending, fueling and exacerbating armed conflict, and undermining peace-building efforts.
