touch base to make contact
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1. (tr foll by on or upon) to use as a basis (for); found (on) your criticisms are based on ignorance ...
Touch the Earth Lightly
Glenn Murcutt is fond of quoting the Aboriginal proverb touch the earth lightly because it expresses his concern for nature. Building in the Murcutt way means taking special measures to safeguard the surrounding landscape.
From East to West there is a steady growth in certainty of touch, in structural efficiency, and in the expression through beauty of form and line of the culminating civilization of medievalism.
" and then, wanting to touch his feet, she began to adore him. Then, on the right side, because she came to the Lord's tomb bearing spices she [is shown as] meriting the joy of a conversation with an angel; ...
Ablution fittings are made for rough use and have water sprayers, often with touchless controls or foot controls. Trough type can be set in ranges, while washing fountains have a circular pedestal bowl.
It was the period of more naturalistic design; and a touch of nature is more easily appreciated than architectural fitness.
Though Beaux-Arts architecture of the twentieth century might on its surface appear out of touch with the modern age, steel-frame construction and other modern innovations in engineering techniques and materials were often embraced, ...
Of corbelling, with corbels set touching at different depths.ChequerworkA pattern of chequered squares made with contrasting materials.
As for the finishing touches, workers placed hieroglyphics around the pyramid as well as many statues. There were also a lot of bright and vibrant colored columns.
- one thing is said to abut another where it touches, but is not actually tied in, ...
Inscribe - Contain within a shape, touching it at various points.
Interpretation - Explaining cultural significance to the community and to visitors, using signage, publications, displays, guides, etc.
Reeding - Decoration consisting of parallel convex mouldings touching one another.
Re-entrant corners - Corners with angles pointing inwards.
Regulus - The short band between the tenia and guttae on a Doric entablature.
Common Buddhist mudrās include abhaya mudrā (right hand raised, palm outward and vertical), meaning "fear not"; dhyāna mudrā (hands in lap, one resting on the other, palms up, thumb tips touching), ...
The door is a French door - two large casements. A small steel balcony adds the finishing touch.
The first residential Gothic Revival home in England is Strawberry Hill, built for Horace Walpole, the son of the Prime Minister.
Also at the east corner is another stone known as Hajar as'ad (the lucky stone) which is touched during the circumambulation.
A small round tower with a cone-shaped roof gives this style a romantic touch. The solid, symmetrical façade gives these Norman home a feeling of solidity and permanence.
Steeply pitched hipped roof with dormers and flared eaves ...
Although harder than Onondaga limestone limestone, it's easier to work with it.
Large sheets can be quarried.
Feels gritty to the touch.
Sources: ...
On the outside, the bay should extend to ground level, in contrast to an oriel window which doesn't touch the ground. (p. 20, p. 22, p. 24 - two story bay windows, p. 28 - first floor on left side, p. 30, p. 34).
Common in Queen Anne Styles among others. A turret is a smaller structure while a tower begins at ground level. (like oriel window) a small, slender tower, usually corbelled from a corner of the building it doesnÆt touch the ground.
"NOLI ME TANGERE": a representation of Christ telling Mary of Magdala not to touch Him when He appears to her after the Resurrection (John 20, v.17). NOOK-SHAFT: a shaft set in the angle of a wall or architectural feature.
 See also: Architecture, House, Well, Church, Classical
  
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