Sentence examples for steps terraces from inspiring English sources

But Chipperfield's masterstroke was to fill this central atrium with a grand, theatrical progression of steps, terraces and platforms, rising up from the ground-level foyer to the fifth-floor canteen.

Increasing the thickness to 100 nm resulted in complete island coalescence, formation of undulating films from the polishing scratches in the SiC substrate, a surface microstructure containing steps, terraces and small pits, and a reduced dislocation density relative to the 15 nm layers.

Wherever elaborate terraces have been built, soil erosion is virtually absent, and stepped terraces have become one of the characteristic features of the rural landscape.

At his scheme at Dunboyne Road, completed in 1975, spacious homes are arranged in stepped terraces huddled among a landscape of trees and gardens.

OMA-ness is also present in the way flat, repetitive elevations are offset by corners eroded into stepped terraces or ground floor porticoes.

The Sacrario di Monte Grappa, completed in 1935, channels the form of prehistoric burial mounds in a circular mountain of stepped terraces, punctuated by arched openings.

Their images depict a fairytale vision of children playing by the water on swooping stepped terraces, abundant swaths of greenery draped over the concrete banks.

Six stepped terraces containing vines and figs for the king's table lead up to Frederick's gilded Baroque bungalow, where he lived with his dogs in artistic isolation whenever he could.

Completed in 1991, the workshop is not so much a building as a linked series of 7 stepped terraces that follow the pitch of the hill and are enclosed by glass walls and a sloping glass roof.

Thus, the stepped terraces in the Fen Wei Graben reflects elements of the India Asia collision systems, in which terraces define episodes of accelerated northward movement of India towards Asia during the Quaternary.

Seen from a distance, the asymmetric composition of copper-roofed pavilions seems to float from a series of stepped terraces that rise out of the water, creating an effect both gentle and monumental.