Sentence examples for masonry facades from inspiring English sources

A solid glass clerestory surmounts the masonry facades.

"It reminds me of the old masonry facades that are typical of the Bronx," he said.

But glass curtainwalls cost much more per square foot than brick masonry facades.

Behind each of the city's characteristic masonry facades lies a cross-braced wooden structure, designed to safely transfer the seismic forces and allow the building to flex.

The original gray masonry facades facing Clermont and Vanderbilt Avenues remain, though parts have been covered with yellow- or buff-colored stucco, and red accents have been added for contrast.

In recent years, Mr. Scutt became a specialist in recladding existing buildings, replacing their masonry facades with metal-trimmed glass curtain walls — a task he performed at 505 Park Avenue at 59th Street, 625 Madison Avenue at 58th Street, and 575 Lexington Avenue at 51st Street.

The building was designed by H. Thomas O'Hara of Manhattan with a traditional masonry facade colored in multiple shades of red.

The building's scale and masonry facade serve as "a bridge to the community," said Barry Shapiro, an associate at Hillier.

But for the Grand Hyatt — where parts of the Commodore Hotel's old masonry facade still hides behind the glass installed by Mr. Trump — such a strategy has worked before.

Far from presenting a fortress wall to Myrtle, the red masonry facade has a three-story window through which student art can be seen.

These details are a cackling downtown descendant of the carved masonry facade of 1001 Fifth Avenue, an Upper East Side apartment building designed by Johnson and John Burgee in the 1970's.