Sentence examples for by adding a floor from inspiring English sources

MANSARD Blame the mansard roof on the 17th-century French designer François Mansart, who gave drama and scale to his architecture by adding a floor with a sloping facade of slate shingles.

A few years later, after his neighbor in London's Chelsea district added a flock of "demon fowl" to his yard, Carlyle resolved to defend himself against the clamor of roosters, organ grinders, the neighbor's piano, etc., by adding a floor to his house for a sound-proof study.

You then start decorating it by adding a floor, paint, fixtures, furniture, etc.

To mitigate this concern, we performed simulations with compatible directions of DE by adding a floor value of fold-changes (> 1.2-fold) when introducing DEGs.

People in town still talk about Tommy Mottola, the former Sony music executive, who caused an uproar several years ago when he bought a carriage house in town and then turned it into a mansion by adding a second floor and new wings.

This time she changed the entire structure by adding a third floor.

Over the objections of the News-Miner newsroom, Snedden decided to expand the Aurora Building by adding a second floor at a cost of $2 million.

"Things like that are important," Lynn Clark says, "and they make putting up with the whole job a lot easier". Lynn and Tom Clark's 825-square-foot retreat was created by adding a second floor master suite to their Huntington Beach home.

But that should change by next year, since the Delsea is adding a floor above the snack bar for the digital equipment.

Fortunately, the council was supportive of doubling their useable living space by adding an extra floor, plus a mezzanine level in the pitch of the roof.

The signal will transmit through walls, ceilings and floors, and by adding a "Scan Power" feature, consumers can use a number of cameras to monitor several locations and then switch between locations using a hand-held remote control.