The phrase "devastated buildings" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It can be used to describe buildings that have been severely damaged or destroyed by a natural disaster, war, or other calamity. Example: After the hurricane passed through, the town was left with nothing but debris and devastated buildings.
In fact, the devastated building was deliberately chosen as the backdrop for Baghdad's first outdoor movie screening, an attempt by filmmakers to show that no matter how much blood the militants may spill they cannot kill the artistic imagination.
The two-story Milestone Tap was by far the most devastated building in Utica, with each floor collapsing onto the basement, where some patrons may have gone to seek shelter, Mr. Chamness said.
Officials say there is little hope any more survivors will be found in the rubble of the devastated building.
Fanglin residents said dozens of angry parents demonstrated in front of the devastated school building today before being dispersed by paramilitary police.
And that's where dystopia come into the equation: they look at all the scary uncertainties we're worrying about in our time and put them into a devastated future, building a (generally terrifying and evil) society around the disaster.
Surrounding the facade of the 110-year-old devastated Reichstag building is the new modern glass enclosure with cupola designed by the Englishman Sir Norman Foster.
For that effort, each array of muon detectors will measure 7 meters by 7 meters, and they'll be placed about 50 meters apart on opposite sides of the devastated reactor building, Borozdin says.
The effort is aimed at three basic goals, each a major undertaking: providing emergency relief to millions of people; reconstructing the nation's devastated infrastructure; and building up the fragile central government.
Crowds began to gather near the site of the devastated Alfred P Murrah federal building in Oklahoma City as word came from the Denver courtroom that the fate of McVeigh was about to be announced.
