Sentence examples for insubstantial building from inspiring English sources

They are also summa cum laude engineers, able to transform cheap, insubstantial building materials into the most durable and cozy of homes.

"It's possible that this was a temporary building constructed for a single event or ceremony, which might account for its insubstantial construction,' writes Bowden in the journal article.

Over half of their housing was of insubstantial construction, with common toilet facilities.

Twenty-six percent of houses were of insubstantial construction (data from City Initiative, unpublished).

But raised above a swamp, with trains entering and departing through openings at its base, the building seems insubstantial.

And against the cliffs, rocks and hills, the buildings looked so insubstantial – like a slight shift in the earth's crust and the forest would re-engulf the high-rises and shantytowns, and reclaim the land.

The building seemed simultaneously grand and insubstantial, sitting in a vast square that was utterly empty, out of a De Chirico or a dream.

But these three buildings zomewhat excepted, the groupmakes an insubstantial & disquieting impression.