In Ulm, Germany, where Mr. Meier was commissioned to build an Exhibition and Assembly Building beside the city's Gothic cathedral, he designed large windows and skylights so that the cathedral's tall spire is ever visible from inside the building.
And the Argentine architectural firm a77, which is known for building with recycled and salvaged materials, has been commissioned to build a colony for artists, architects and thinkers who will inhabit it for the duration of the exhibition in the courtyard of MoMA PS1.
Even the architects commissioned to build individual constructions were often not made aware of the other buildings that would be in the vicinity.
Around the same time, they were commissioned to build the house on Long Island.
He was commissioned to build this church as early as 1883, but he did not live to see it finished.
Artists, in other words, are commissioned to build public structures because they address needs that architects don't satisfy.
Chelsea Apps has also been commissioned to build the official app for the Queen's diamond jubilee pageant on the Thames.
The Port Authority, which was created in 1921, was commissioned to build a rail tunnel under New York Harbor, connecting New Jersey to the Brooklyn piers.
Oh, when I was doing construction, a mate of mine was commissioned to build an environmental art sculpture out in the Colorado desert.
