Last week, I drove on Ocean Drive on Miami Beach, and I noticed that the facades* of the buildings all look alike. What I mean is,
*facade (singular) is pronounced /fuh SAHD/
The building at the end of the street has been unoccupied for more than five years and it hasn't been maintained. It's an eyesore; that means, it
New York City is well-known for its many skyscrapers---its
If you look at the new 160-storey Khalifa Tower in Dubai, you might say that it has aesthetic appeal or in other words, it
Before 2010, no building on Miami Beach could have more than six floors. A recent controversial law now permits the construction of buildings that have more than six floors. "Controversial" means that the law is still being ______ among
law makers and citizens.
A burglar (robber) hid under the "porch" of a house and waited for the occupant to leave the house. After the owner of the house locked his door, walk across the porch, down the steps and to his car, the burglar stepped up on the porch, broke a window and entered the house. The porch is
Many visitors to Miami Beach consider the "art deco" buildings on Miami Beach to be colorful and attractive, especially at
night when the neon lights on the buildings are glowing. Art deco is a _____ that dates back to the 1920s.
In home and building construction, the term "energy-efficient" means that
If the owners of a house abandon (leave) a house and it is no longer occupied by anyone and the house is not maintained, the house falls into ruin and becomes dilapidated. One would describe the house as
In order to make an old building look new again, one needs to _____ the building.