Sentence examples for ephemeral structure from inspiring English sources

The monumental rendering of such a flimsy, ephemeral structure stands in poignant contrast to another refugee encampment on show, which occupies an ambiguous place in Venice's Giardini between the national pavilions and the central pavilion.

However, this type of ephemeral structure currently requires the implementation of significant resources, for which the characteristics of flexibility and economic efficiency most often prevail over considerations related to sustainability.

The rodent corpus luteum is an ephemeral structure releasing progesterone for only a few hours rather than several days.

Fritz Welch and Megan Cump improvised ephemeral structures, real and photographed.

But film sets - ephemeral structures, not meant to be lived in - are built by perfectionists who a thousand years ago would probably have been sculpting stone and tinting glass in a Gothic cathedral.

As its title suggests, Aaron Betsky and Erik Adigard's new book, "Architecture Must Burn" (Gingko Press, $39.95), is a radical call to arms to supplant the conventional built environments of today with more ephemeral structures.

When the millenniums have erased the ephemeral structures that now constitute New York City, Fresh Kills will be the city's lasting monument and indicator of the great fountainhead across the Hudson.

But as historical research and shifting public tastes identify more and more recent buildings as worthy of conservation, the public is being asked to weigh the intrinsic cultural value of somewhat more ephemeral structures, built for commercial or public use over the last century and now threatened by pressures on real estate and changing business practices.

Artist Rebecca Louise Law, who frequently works with flowers to create ephemeral structures, grew up in the London countryside, loving nature.

That's where I started this architectural kickstart point and met the expression, 'the human scale.' It's also when we started developing the entire spectrum that is related to fashion: catwalk structures, ephemeral structures, and obviously clothing as well.

The analysis indicates that the differences in mobility and economic pursuits between longer-term residential sites containing pit structures and a shorter-term seasonal residential site with ephemeral architecture structured the raw material procurement practices of site's occupants.