Sentence examples for modern building standards from inspiring English sources

The results suggest that modern building standards do not reliably deliver earthquake resilience.

The movement is even influencing major developers, who are investigating ways to use natural products to meet modern building standards.

This suggests that modern building standards do not accomplish earthquake resilience: the ability to recover quickly after an earthquake.

These results suggest that modern building standards do not accomplish earthquake resilience: the ability of a community to recover quickly after an earthquake.

Hotel Devin, (Riecna 4; 5998-5111; www.hoteldevin.sk) is a clean modern building with 94 standard rooms and 6 suites, a bar, 2 restaurants and a well-equipped health club with indoor pool.

The estimate of Kroon Hall's energy use compared to a typical modern building is based on standards set by the American Association of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers.

"It should be noted that modern building regulations and fire safety standards are designed to protect people and not buildings," he said.

Preserving modern buildings challenges the old standards: preserving a modern building can mean replacing, rather than retaining, parts in order to remain "authentic" (as in David Childs's planned restoration of Lever House), or regulating the interior when the exterior is transparent (as with the Chase Bank).

More and more attractive have become modern building materials which guarantee higher maintenance standards and respect the rules of sustainable development.

Gradually, local authorities have been given more ability to borrow and to build, which has resulted in some new council homes that are as good – thanks in part to standards set by modern building regulations – as any that have ever been built.

"At the moment the building spec is for 60 years, which is the standard spec for putting up a modern building.