Sentence examples for building was begun from inspiring English sources

The next year the church building was begun.

The present building was begun by Ptolemy III Euergetes in 237 bce and completed by Ptolemy XI in 57 bce.

In 1905 modern harpsichord building was begun in Germany, initially taking the new Pleyel and Érard instruments as inspiration.

Although the facade is relatively modern, the present building was begun at the end of the 13th century.

A stone church building was begun in 1853, and consecrated by the Right Reverend William H. DeLancey, Bishop of the Western New York Diocese on September 21 , 1854

The present building was begun by Bishop Wulfstan (St. Wulfstan) in 1084, but there have been numerous additions and alterations over the centuries, and little remains of the original except the crypt.

The building was popular after its construction but by the 1860s Greek Revival architecture had fallen out of style, and the building was beginning to become decrepit.

The English travel writer Peter Mundy described the construction: "The building is begun and goes on with excessive labour and cost, prosecuted with extraordinary dilligence, Gold silver esteemed common Mettal, and Marble but as ordinarie stones".

According to the inscription on the building, the construction was begun in 447 bc.

The complex of 1.2 million square feet in five buildings was begun in 1978.

The effect bristles with energy, as if the building were beginning to crack at the seams.