Sentence examples for influential buildings from inspiring English sources

But one of the most influential buildings was Chartres Cathedral (present church mainly built after 1194).

It hosted the biggest stars in sports and entertainment and became one of the most iconic and influential buildings in America.

But that was just the beginning of a marathon courtship befitting one of the country's most influential buildings and one of its trend-setting media empires, which went far beyond the typical landlord-tenant transaction.

It was one of the most prodigiously influential buildings of all time, a prototype that would be followed by office buildings, hotels, schools and hospitals in almost any country you can think of.

Several other influential buildings—such as Mies van der Rohe's 26-story 860 880 Lake Shore Drive Apartments (1951) in Chicago and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill's 21-story Lever House (1952) in New York City—helped to further establish the technology of curtain walls.

In 1999, when he bought the house, he had already made a name for himself at the age of 37 with a number of influential buildings and residences, and was identified with a distinct style, one of architectural rigor that is still pleasing to the senses.

It was applied, most famously, by the architects of the Parthenon, the most influential building in European history.

The already influential building acquired further fame when a video of its robust weathering of Japan's 9.0-magnitude earthquake in March, 2011, went viral.

In England the most influential building in the new fashion was the choir of Canterbury Cathedral (1175 84), which has many of the features of Laon Cathedral.

The history of architecture is concerned more with religious buildings than with any other type, because in most past cultures the universal and exalted appeal of religion made the church or temple the most expressive, the most permanent, and the most influential building in any community.

One influential building-block for thinking about moral conflicts is W. D. Ross's notion of a "prima facie duty" (Ross 1988).