"You. . . you lost your faith?" "No. . . just my convictions. I still very much believe in God- just not a god who condones human tithing. " Lev begins to feel himself choking up with an unexpected flood of feeling, all the emotions that had been building up throughout their talk-throughout the weeks-arriving all at once like a sonic boom. "I never knew there was a choice".
When I first saw China, there were no automobiles. There were no supermarkets. There were no high-rise buildings. There were no consumer goods. There were no restaurants that were at least accessible that foreigners could see. It was a Stalinist society, and a very poor Stalinist society. So the economic system has totally changed, and the private sector in the economic system is now the dominant sector. It didn't exist at all as late as 1979.
To sum up the state of architecture in America: ninety percent of the buildings we live in and around aren't architecture. No, that's not right - 98 percent.
Our roots are clinging, we shouldn't knock down so many old 'buildings. '
Setting. . . is accident. Either a building is part of a place, or it is not. Once that kinship is there, time will only make it stronger.
I spent about seven years during the Vietnam War flight-testing airplanes for the Air Force. And then I went in and I had a lot of fun building airplanes that people could build in their garages. And some 3,000 of those are flying. Of course, one of them is around-the-world Voyager.
The Sound of Building Coffins is a soulful work from a writer of the weird. Maistros does more than make you feel for his characters and their twisted, damaged lives; he makes you *want* to feel.
It is a terrific thing to get a building built that has the qualities of greatness in it.
By working together, pooling our resources and building on our strengths, we can accomplish great things.
We are creating a unique experience. It's starts with how you see the building from a distance.
Building a business where everyone thrives
You were safe on a troll. Anyone wanting to mug a troll would have to use a building on a stick.
I sketch literally all the time; constructing a collection is like building a family - you have to have a certain balance. I isolate myself - I need to be concentrated for this so I leave Paris, I leave to a place without a phone.
The secret to building great products is not creating awesome features, it's to make your users awesome.
I knew a girl so ugly, I took her to the top of the Empire State building and planes started to attack her.
Everything that has ever happened to you has happened for you. Not one thing that has happened is wasted. . . You were building strength and strength x strength = POWER.
There can be little question that the tall building presents one of the most difficult challenges to the architect.
I have the flying dream a lot where I'm jumping off a building and just flying around.
Stop sketching and start building.
SodaStream is a company that is not only committed to the environment, but to building a bridge to peace between Israel and Palestine, supporting neighbors working alongside each other, receiving equal pay, equal benefits and equal rights. That is what is happening in their Ma'ale Adumim factory every working day.