boxlike

Example Sentences

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Gehry contributed studios and additional structures that reflect the neighborhood’s industrial roots: corrugated metal siding, simple boxlike volumes and subtle geometric twists.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025

Its boxlike modernistic style is defined by recessed spandrels, unadorned vertical piers, gently set back parapet pillars, and a vocabulary of French Art Deco and Celtic ornament at both base and crown.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 8, 2023

Renderings suggest a minimalist, boxlike form, approached via a winding path surrounded by grass, bushes and trees.

From Washington Post • Jul. 12, 2021

Built in an ornate early 20th-century Catalan vernacular, it’s one of three boxlike homes on a narrow street near the edge of a steep hill.

From New York Times • Aug. 27, 2018

In the meantime, Robin had sat down on a bench before a boxlike contraption taller than her and made of black wood.

From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep