Sentence examples for splendid structures from inspiring English sources

It's not just the architects, whose space-age pods, shimmering blue pools and splendid structures made of glass and steel seem to litter LA, but the starry figures who inhabit them.

Brazil also cherishes numerous splendid structures from its colonial and imperial past, from the tiled houses and ornate churches of Salvador to the palaces and public buildings of Rio de Janeiro.

The historian Ibn Hammad described the palace buildings as high and splendid structures surrounded by gardens and waters.

A splendid structure of sweeping steps and marching columns, it evokes the Station that is no more.

Erdogan and Peres would do well to make a joint visit to this magnificently faded splendid structure and remind themselves that the collision of the culture of their countries, marks some pretty serious co-habitation.

He embellished Rome with splendid and substantial structures, and he showed his care for Italy by refurbishing and enlarging the harbours at Ostia, Centumcellae, and Ancona.

The first infirmary (hospital) was opened in 1729, and then a splendid custom-built structure was erected in 1748.

The Great Mosque was a splendid, early Ottoman structure built, as the gravely courteous Turkish imam informed me, in the reign of Sultan Murat II (1421-51).

Akhtar has a splendid command of structure, a fine ear for dialogue, and some personal experience with provocative novels ("American Dervish").

The splendid five-floor structure has a marbled lobby, an all-embracing prayer room with Islamic inscriptions and portraits of Christ, Buddha and Confucius, and a main hall large enough to hold 1,200 of the faithful.

But Mr. Schiff fit these curious elements into wondrously lucid contrapuntal structures, like splendid Baroque buildings.