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This approach is reflected in her space’s clean, calming, somewhat Brutalist interior design — a mirror resting on cinder blocks, gray everywhere — the look of which took inspiration from artists’ lofts and Le Corbusier, the Swiss French architect who died in 1965.
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Devorah Lev-Tov Kin Woo Ella Riley-Adams Jameson Montgomery Kurt Soller Megan O’Sullivan, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2024
This mid-century gem is gorgeous and photogenic, with cheeky interiors designed by Jonathan Adler and a dramatic cinder block entrance wall that sets the scene for visual delights throughout the verdant property.
—Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 11 Apr. 2024
Nearby is a trailer where on a recent day, a cinder block was propped up against the door.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 4 Apr. 2024
In a bare room of a cinder block building at its home base in Kaneohe, Hawaii, Marines in the regiment’s command operations center tapped on laptops on portable tables, with plastic sheets taped over the windows.
—Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2024
Aging cinder block walls provide little buffer against the cold, and the heating is inefficient and expensive to run.
—Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 27 Mar. 2024
The 20 feet wide and 15 feet high piece is sprayed onto the cinder block facade of a building on 17th Street on the city's west side and uses nearly 20 different colors.
—Mykal McEldowney, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Mar. 2024
The coffee table was just a stylish slab of wood resting on cinder blocks.
—Leslie Jamison, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024
At the third and final risk station at mile 7.8, players stacked cinder blocks with every cast member's name on them in the correct order that they were eliminated from this season.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 19 Oct. 2023
Devorah Lev-Tov Kin Woo Ella Riley-Adams Jameson Montgomery Kurt Soller Megan O’Sullivan, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2024
This mid-century gem is gorgeous and photogenic, with cheeky interiors designed by Jonathan Adler and a dramatic cinder block entrance wall that sets the scene for visual delights throughout the verdant property.
—Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 11 Apr. 2024
Nearby is a trailer where on a recent day, a cinder block was propped up against the door.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 4 Apr. 2024
In a bare room of a cinder block building at its home base in Kaneohe, Hawaii, Marines in the regiment’s command operations center tapped on laptops on portable tables, with plastic sheets taped over the windows.
—Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2024
Aging cinder block walls provide little buffer against the cold, and the heating is inefficient and expensive to run.
—Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 27 Mar. 2024
The 20 feet wide and 15 feet high piece is sprayed onto the cinder block facade of a building on 17th Street on the city's west side and uses nearly 20 different colors.
—Mykal McEldowney, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Mar. 2024
The coffee table was just a stylish slab of wood resting on cinder blocks.
—Leslie Jamison, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024
At the third and final risk station at mile 7.8, players stacked cinder blocks with every cast member's name on them in the correct order that they were eliminated from this season.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 19 Oct. 2023
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“Cinder block.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cinder%20block. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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