drafting table
Example Sentences
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“Not the kind that lies inert on the drafting table, but the kind that sets skyscrapers soaring, flings bridges into space and sends imagination spinning into orbit.”
From New York Times • Jan. 13, 2022
In retrospect, it’s absurd to think that architecture might have been reinvented — or even mildly rethought — by high-concept design that doesn’t get off the drafting table.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2021
Originally developed for the Air Force, the minute the thing was on the drafting table, the Navy and Marines started crying, "Hey, what about us?"
From Salon • Feb. 27, 2021
Although Mr. Hines did not work at a drafting table, some architects considered him almost an equal partner.
From Washington Post • Sep. 2, 2020
The drafting table was bare except for a blotter and a Sox mug full of mechanical pencils.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
