Sentence examples for work of engineering from inspiring English sources

Crossrail, then, is a mighty work of engineering more dramatic in its making than its completion.

Troubled by inflammatory eye problems, he began modeling in clay as a respite from the more visually demanding work of engineering.

For such a huge work of engineering, any architectural design was little more than window dressing -- the stations were not even free-standing, as they would be with a railroad.

This was a lovely conceit: a very tall building that would have been paradoxically modest, a daunting work of engineering as ethereal, in architectural terms, as the structure of a snowflake.

The reader's post (under the heading "Heat Surge fireplace — what's up with that?") also pointed out that close reading of the ads reveals that the craftsmen make only the wood mantels; the heater itself is actually "a work of engineering genius from the China coast".

A work of engineering such as a Maillart bridge or a bridge by Christian Menn can outdo some other works of art, because it is not only a gift to the imagination but also structural in the matrix of the world.

Camps like Striker are astonishing works of engineering costing millions of dollars.

"The public has an appetite for these more daring bravura works of engineering," said Joan Ockman, an architecture professor at Columbia University.

But anything is possible in a place that can span from Raphael to fabrics to propellers and works of engineering.

In this approach to animals "as works of engineering," Denny and McFadzean explore several topics not usually covered in introductions to biomechanics.

By putting their heads together, people can produce truly new and interesting works of engineering, though the result is almost always horrendously expensive.