Sentence examples for building was appropriated from inspiring English sources

But it carves in the names of the president and the general services administrator who were in office when the money for the building was appropriated.

During the Civil War, the building was appropriated by Union forces and used as a temporary holding facility for Confederate prisoners.

After the fall of the Berlin Wall, the building was appropriated for use first as an avant-garde performance space, and later as a techno club whose low ceilings, dark rooms, and frequent fetish parties led to its designation as "the hardest club in the world".

Abandoned by the von Trapps in 1938, as the Nazis expanded their influence into Austria, the 150-year-old building was appropriated by Himmler and then, after the war, bought by a Catholic foundation known as the Missionaries of the Precious Blood.

During the Continental Army's presence in the city, many abandoned buildings were appropriated for the army's use.

Mercedes, whose parent, Daimler, lowered its profit target for the brand for the third quarter, said its interest in boat building was appropriate for at least a couple of reasons.

What quality of building is appropriate?

The imposing metal elephant guarding the entrance to one of New York City's venerable buildings is appropriate — after all, the building houses the Women's National Republican Club, one of the nation's oldest organizations of female Republicans and the only one with a clubhouse for its members.

1. Architecture and engineering: What types of buildings are appropriate for Nepal in terms of cost-effectiveness, earthquake resistance, environmental and ecological soundness, and also preservation of culture, history and aesthetics?

The limestone walls were in good repair, the gracefully carved details around one small window suggesting that some building materials had been appropriated from the abbey.

Mr. Eichner said he and Thomas O'Hara and Associates of Manhattan, his architects, "made a significant effort" to put up a building that was appropriate and are cladding the building in brick rather than glass and installing "oversized windows," consistent with those in upscale housing in Manhattan.