Sentence examples for commissioned to transform from inspiring English sources

Under the Directory Chalgrin was commissioned to transform the Luxembourg Palace into a government building.

"Boucheron was commissioned to transform this mass of precious stones, then valued at about 18 hundred million francs, into tiaras, aigrettes, belts and necklaces en cascades and fringes to be worn under the sari".

Having spent a decade designing the out-of-town suburban malls he would come to despise, Jerde's big break came in 1984 with a commission to transform Los Angeles into a festive wonder-world for the Olympic Games, on a shoestring budget of $10m.

As Bindensbøll's designs stood out from those of other architects, he was given a commission to transform the Royal Carriage Depot and Theatre Scenery Painting Building into a museum.

G.M. commissioned Lotus to transform the Elise into the Opel Speedster, a new model that went into production here this fall alongside the Elise.

This vast collection of graffiti art turned out to be the work of the Crono Project (cronolisboa.org), which is commissioning artists to transform neglected buildings in the business district instead of abandoning Lisbon's crumbling heritage to the developers.

Three years ago Wilson and his partner Yvette Livesey were commissioned to come up with a vision to transform one of the most deprived parts of the UK, east Lancashire.

The plans will build on a 2001 urban study by the Richard Rogers Partnership, commissioned by Tate, to transform the area into an international center for visual culture.

Instead the NHS should use the advent of clinical commissioning groups to transform where and how it delivers care.

But when she acquired a 10-carat Burmese sapphire earlier this year on a buying trip to Asia, she knew just the client who would want to commission her to transform the rare stone into something unique.

"I was commissioned to do it.