Sentence examples for symmetrical plan from inspiring English sources
"You look around to the other corners to see, is there some symmetrical plan here?" Mr. Lipsmeyer, a 39-year-old wine buyer who lives nearby, said recently.
One of the most-refined examples of this new building type, with its symmetrical plan organized around courtyards, is the Casa de Moneda (Royal Mint; c. 1780 99) in Santiago, Chile, by Joaquín Toesca y Ricci.
This was a hilltop belvedere, or summer house, with a view, of completely symmetrical plan with hexastyle, or porticoes on each of four sides and central circular halls surmounted by domes.
The model has a symmetrical plan shape and flow pattern is also symmetrical; so only five faces are sufficient for understanding the behaviour of the model under wind action.
The buildings of the Council of State or were situated in a walled enclosure immediately to the east of the Chōdō-in, laid out in the typical symmetrical plan of buildings opening to a courtyard in the south.
The building of Bristol Castle in the latter part of the 11th century resulted in the focus of the settlement being moved to the west, where it developed into a symmetrical plan centred on the crossroads of High Street, Wine Street, Broad Street and Corn Street.
Its lingering late-medieval echoes were subordinated to the new style that provided the facade with its antique air: a wall delicately articulated with classical detail (such as Corinthian capitals, pilasters, tondi, and friezes), modular construction, geometric proportions, and symmetrical planning.
The Valley View house has several Greek Revival design characteristics, including a symmetrical architectural plan and elevations and "substantial, formal" mass.
Symmetrical in plan, this building was sparklingly decorated with abstract and near-abstract art and ornament.
With its high ceilings, large windows and symmetrical floor plan, it is a study in refined simplicity.
It had been made by simply flattening the previous landscape and laying out the structures according to a strictly symmetrical crosshatch plan.
