The project, designed by Frank Gehry, is slated to include several towers, the tallest of which, at six hundred and twenty feet, will loom more than a hundred feet above the golden cupola.
As the little boat drifted perilously close to jagged rocks, I gaped upwards, lost in wonder at the scale of the honey-coloured cliffs that rose from nothing and soared to loom more than 200 metres above my head.
The summit loomed more than a vertical mile above, though clouds obscured its upper reaches in a murky stew.
The G.S.A. built the Central Islip courthouse, commissioning the internationally renowned architect Richard Meier to design the stark white structure that now looms more than 200 feet over the low-lying South Shore.
"A Portrait of Egypt: A Journey Through the World of Militant Islam," by Mary Anne Weaver "The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11," by Lawrence Wright Weaver, who has written for The New Yorker, also saw huge changes looming more than a decade ago.
It is a parochial survey, in that Barron focuses on one piano, one factory and one monopolistic firm, which, since the bankruptcy of the Baldwin Company in 2001, looms more than ever as a dominant force on the American concert circuit.
During the holiday season, when a Prime price increase wasn't even looming, more than 1 million subscribers signed up in a single week for the Amazon service.
Few party machines loom more dauntingly for the McCain operation than the thorough, well-financed organization that Mr. Gilmore perfected last year as Virginia Republicans finally took control of the State General Assembly for the first time in more than a century.
Ironically, within this most unpretentious of settings, the magic and myth of Oxford loomed more prominently than ever.
As I explored the city over the last few days, quirks like these gradually loomed more endearing than enervating, and there were many of them.
None runs harder or looms more vacantly archetypal than Laura herself.
