‘Residential buildings and public edifices were built on a far larger scale than in previous years.’
‘Forget your monuments, buildings and other such edifices, this city has trees.’
‘It is an imposing edifice, a mock temple based on the classical Greek model, with a fine pediment and no fewer than six columns.’
‘The white band is the campaign's symbol, worn on the wrist, the arm, the head, or on July 1, international White Band Day, entire buildings and edifices.’
‘Note that restrictions on the building of religious edifices by minorities are common in Eurasia.’
‘It serves as the local church now, and it's a little disconcerting to see the homely parish notices posted up in such an imposing edifice.’
‘We have opted to build strong relationships with players instead of building billion-dollar edifices.’
‘The city was no mongrel conglomeration of edifices built independently of one another, but a single, flowing ocean of architecture that stretched on to the horizon.’
‘Golden light peaked out around the edges of the stone edifices, causing the building to appear black in hue.’
‘However, Top of the Rock does have a rather good view of a certain imposing art-deco edifice: the Empire State Building.’
‘Prominent edifices such as historic structures, public buildings, churches, synagogues, and high rises get special treatment.’
‘Building these three, giant, rolling, temple-like edifices new every twelve months is no small task.’
‘The imposing Victorian edifice on North Bridge in Edinburgh which once housed the capital's daily newspapers is now making news in its own right.’
‘On the far side of the crumbling brick edifice a bloated half moon hung low in the sky.’
‘Each tries to outdo the other and some of them are towering edifices.’
‘They both paused in front of the magnificent edifice in which they worked before Jack got the door.’
‘Magnificent edifices such as the Liver building were erected with the proceeds of the slave and spice trades.’
‘Present-day government buildings are often old brick edifices left over from the Soviet period.’
‘Thankfully, she managed to locate the tall brick edifice.’
‘But Isabella was intuitively convinced of a distinct lack of life within the ancient stone edifice.’