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metal-and-glass

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  • A modern, polished metal-and-glass office plans aims for the ambience of a five-star hotel, while also sending a message that its occupant, a senior manager and working mother, wants her employees to be "more collaborative and less siloed," says Mark Morton, a design principal.

    Designs to Make You Work Harder Sue Shellenbarger 2011

  • The cab tried to swerve and avoid the van but the vehicles collided and the taxi mounted the curb and plowed into the metal-and-glass bus shelter.

    Deadly Crash at Bus Stop 2010

  • Then his hands were slipping underneath my shirt, branding me; my back was touching the humming metal-and-glass fishbowl of the dryer as Sean pushed me against it.

    Handle with Care JODI PICOULT 2009

  • Rome's new mayor announced his intention on Wednesday to tear down a museum designed by U.S. architect Richard Meier that critics have called a metal-and-glass blotch on Rome's classical landscape.

    Predictably Bad 2008

  • He looked odd and solemn standing there, tall and thin, with that strange metal-and-glass thing on his face.

    The White Mountains John Christopher 2003

  • He looked odd and solemn standing there, tall and thin, with that strange metal-and-glass thing on his face.

    The White Mountains John Christopher 2003

  • Arthur Bellbrook uttered "Huh" as expressing his disapproval and opened the metal-and-glass door.

    Hot Money Francis, Dick 1987

  • At the touch of a button, the hexagonal metal-and-glass container slid outward on telescopic rails to reveal the sleeping woman inside.

    The Songs of Distant Earth Clarke, Arthur C. 1986

  • _Nénot_, and in other branches of the art the metal-and-glass exhibition buildings of 1878, 1889, and 1900.

    A Text-Book of the History of Architecture Seventh Edition, revised 1890

  • This imposing metal-and-glass edifice, eight years in the making and nearly complete, offers panoramic views of the city.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed ANUJ CHOPRA 2011

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