That shift occurred all over the country, but was reflected on a grand scale in the construction of Boston's Bunker Hill Monument.
The only other example where stone was used on a grand scale is in the construction of San Juan Bautista, although only the ruins of a tower remain.
The Self-Efficacy Scale: construction and validation.
The more athletic and risk-inclined scaled construction scaffolding.
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Aside from hiding unwanted kinfolk, the only other practical use for these monster houses is entertaining on a grand scale, and I hope their construction heralds a new age of sociability.
After 950 the excellent construction, the grand scale, the assured design, the increasingly capable use of masonry vaulting, and the increasingly rich and appropriate use of foliate and figural sculpture showed that the initial period was over and that a noble, new Romanesque style had come into existence (fully, by 1050).
While that may not amount to much in the grand scale of things, the building will be closely watched as a test case and as a template for future large-scale Passive House construction, a place where architects on this side of the Atlantic can see the possibilities and spread the trend.
A mile to the north however, next to the Industrial canal, where the flood was 10-feet deep and the barge came to rest, men in high-visibility jackets are carrying out construction on a surprisingly grand scale.
Both men, but Mr. Hearn in particular, witnessed and participated in an astonishing phenomenon: a catch-up act of acquisition, construction and exhibition-making on a grand scale.
