Sentence examples for splendid design from inspiring English sources

The displays at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland, contain memorabilia like Jesse Owens's sneakers from the 1936 Olympics; the fencing togs and swords of Baron Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympics; and various torches, some of splendid design, some simple and one that looks like bathroom plumbing equipment.

(History buffs will recall that an 1814 fire gutted the original White House, necessitating a reconstruction supervised, in part, by James Hoban, the architect whose splendid design beat out eight other submissions in the competition to build America's most-watched home).

Alas, Mr. Bouley appears to have fallen into the same trap as many other top chefs, what might be called the Vegas Effect: promised undoubtedly good money and ostensibly splendid design, he created an ambitious restaurant in what amounts to a foreign land, and is spending whatever time he feels necessary to train the staff.

To create a truly workable design that takes in not just splendid design ideas, but considers such practical considerations as structural integrity, flood planes, drainage, slope, and all the other little details, it's important to work with an architect.

And he observes that when the social-climbing Beaton was permitted entry into the upper-crust world of Ascot -- the very place he would recreate so effectively with his splendid designs for both the stage and film versions of "My Fair Lady" -- "his presence there was a symptom of the democratization he despised".

The splendid performances get first-rate support, as always at Penguin, from an excellent design team.

The Dust Bowl illusion is masterly, starting with David Zeffren's splendid lighting design, in which everyone and everything has a slight sepia tint.

Sporadic interruptions from space-marine allies diminish the series's traditional sense of isolation, but Kuniaki Haishima's masterful ambient score expertly amplifies the tension during the exploratory sequences, while the smooth, detailed graphics and splendid monster design make this an uncommonly beautiful Wii game.

Susan Stark of The Detroit News gave the film four out of four stars, saying "Swift, sweet, irreverent, rangy and as spirited in the writing and voice work as it is splendid in design".

The most famous of these islands, Naoshima, is also home to a number of art projects and a splendid museum designed by Tadao Ando.

Haring's insistently vital art is so spectacularly in evidence -- thanks to the splendid projection designs of Batwin and Robin Productions -- which only underscores the musical's limitations.