Sentence examples for buildings from scratch from inspiring English sources

Bruce's early work involved advising clients and rebuilding existing houses, rather than designing new buildings from scratch.

But then I started designing the whole building from scratch".

"The newer ones we're building from scratch in Oregon use hydro power from dams.

It is easier to get green certification when building from scratch than when retrofitting existing structures.

Instead of building from scratch, Mr Owen made a series of small, high-quality (and pricey) acquisitions.

The point here is that we are talking about nation-building from scratch.

"Building from scratch might have taken three to four years," Mr. Werfelman said.

If I was building from scratch I'd put those heat pumps in, too.

Developers are also converting old commercial buildings into hotels, which are cheaper and quicker to complete than building from scratch.

Another component of Midtown's success is that its developers are refurbishing older buildings, using tax credits and public financing, as much as they are building from scratch.

Repurposing an old building is often greener than building from scratch; witness the Pappersbruket hotel, a former paper mill in Ostana, Sweden.