At one of the biggest building sites, the Prince's Palace, roof tiles are glistening under the sun, but scaffolding still dominate the site.
Scaffolding At Versace menswear and Dior couture.
A large gate made out of scaffolding poles bars entry to the site, however, and some pitches have barbed wire around their perimeters.
But when the great day arrived, the theatre's golden proscenium arch was still in pieces on the floor, alongside plywood boards, while scaffolding rose the full 28-metre (92-foot) height of its dome.
Thereafter she plots to get even although after so much build-up, her revenge is disappointingly inelegant.Most of Mr Hiaasen's larger plots are merely scaffolding on which to hang set-pieces of lacerating comedy.
Scaffolding surrounding the old ferry building remains strung with laundry lines holding up taped pictures.
He also invests in businesses as diverse as restaurants and scaffolding.
Scaffolding covers crumbling stonework; in 2007 falling masonry narrowly missed Princess Anne's car.
From the top of the purpose-built five-star St David's Hotel, the view is dominated by the cranes and scaffolding of urban regeneration.
Mr Hussein's newest palace, draped in scaffolding a year ago, now presents an unblemished façade to the skyline.
The physical travelling that might have stimulated the creative process leaves an impression of scaffolding left behind after an elegant building has been completed.
