Sentence examples for sweeping structure from inspiring English sources

Even during a tour of the project last month, when developers guided local officials and reporters through the byzantine construction zone, the cynical comments were a subtext to the expressions of awe the sweeping structure inspires when viewed from within.

Like many bridges in the region, the sweeping structure of the 1955-vintage Tappan Zee Bridge across the Hudson River has been overtaken by population growth, and so the state is beginning to plan a major rehabilitation, said Carol Breen, a spokeswoman for the state's Department of Transportation.

Some were low-key school nurseries, others more grand: a new bridge across the Danube, dubbed "the Chinese bridge" because of the source of financing; a new municipal building with a dramatic sweeping structure designed by Sou Fujimoto (he of the current Serpentine Pavillion).

The architect Carlos Ott, above, is known for sweeping structures of steel and glass designed for wealthy corporate clients in places like Dubai.

In the face of winds capable of lifting vehicles and sweeping structures from their bases, the popular holiday resort of Puerto Vallarta and the major port of Manzanillo on the Mexican south-west coast were braced for imminent devastation.

Influenced by California pop punk and indie rock, these bands have big catchy hooks and personal lyrics, writing songs with sweeping structures and loads of melodrama.

Designed by famed Swiss architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron, the stadium has been nicknamed the "Bird's Nest" for its distinctive, sweeping exterior support structure.

Set to Rachmaninoff, the quartet is soft in all the right places, inventive in its sweeping, pure structure, and unabashedly pretty.

(Getting the city to approve the cantilevered structure, with sweeping east and west views, was one of Mr. Trump's coups).

But those inventions also immeasurably improved many people's lives, sweeping away old economic structures and transforming society.

For the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, he designed the National Gymnasiums; the two structures featured sweeping curved roofs and an asymmetrical but balanced design that masterfully assimilated traditional techniques.