His design for the expansion comprised two dramatic gold towers that, at 328 feet (100 metres) high, rise above all other buildings in the city.
Highlights are Rothenburg ob der Tauber, with its ancient city walls; Nördlingen, an almost perfectly circular town with dramatic gate towers; and Dinkelsbühl, home to some great beer cellars.
(The body twisted to one side, legend holds, to avoid a Turkish cannonball in the battle of the same name). The cathedral, whose dramatic open towers and spire are modern reconstructions, is flanked on one side by the old Jewish Quarter and on the other by the buildings surrounding the Plaza del Rey.
In one dramatic episode tower blocks in Finsbury Park, London, began to shake.
Most local residents think of the church less for its robust stonework or dramatic bell tower than for the ubiquitous scaffolding protecting passers-by from chunks of sandstone crumbling off its facade -- and for the homeless people.
After getting permission two years ago to convert some of his factory buildings, he rebuilt the tallest one, with a dramatic clock tower, into large condominium loft apartments with proverbial million-dollar views and price tags to match.
The dramatic lighting, towering piles of books and Mephistophelian vibe of the poster for the forthcoming Nick Cave doc recalls popular 17th-century paintings of alchemists at work, surrounded by sheaves of magical manuscripts and pseudo-scientific instruments.
The lovely coastal walk leads to Robin Hood's Bay, with its dramatic cliffs towering over quaint fishing cottages in the village, once a prime spot for smuggling (it's also the end of the coast-to-coast route).
The plant has had a couple of alarming accidents, including a dramatic cooling tower collapse in August of 2007.
The belfrey, called by that name, is a prominent feature of Belgian Gothic architecture, especially in Flanders where a flat countryside heightens the dramatic impact of towers.
