Sentence examples for the edifice was from inspiring English sources
By the 19th century the edifice was in ramshackle condition; it was restored in the 1870s at enormous cost.
"The edifice was rebuilt so that it can get through the earthquakes without the crumbling as it did in the past".
Designed and constructed in the 14th-century English Gothic style, the edifice was also built without the use of steel support in a centuries-old manner—using artists, sculptors, and stone masons.
Originally a private residence for intimate "friends" of the Royal family, the edifice was converted into a club by a wealthy businessman (and rumored spy) during World War II - and has been reserved for London's elite ever since.
Standing over 60 metres high, the edifice was constructed by Frank "Huck" Wortman and a largely immigrant workforce, whose endeavours were recalled in the Taviani brothers' Good Morning, Babylon (1987).
The Edifice was fashioned after Nassau Hall, at Princeton University, where the Reverend James Manning, a Baptist minister who was the founder and the first president of Rhode Island College, had studied.
The edifice is a kind of greenhouse.
As a result, ambivalence toward the edifice is pervasive.
The edifice is a historic building known as the Palazzo della Mercanzia, dating to 1337.
"The edifice is cracking; they're all fighting like rats in a sack".
