By 7 a.m. all that remained of the building was a metal frame and some charred cinder blocks.
The metal frame of their storm-chasing vehicle was twisted almost beyond recognition.
"You're talking about panels that sit on a metal frame, " he added.
The original Zeppelins were based on a rigid design in which separate gas-tight compartments were surrounded by a metal frame covered with a non-airtight fabric.
Comprised of a hefty metal frame housing six tempered glass panels (held together by one screw on each of its eight corners), the system nearly blends into any environment it's placed in.
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Where once workers had to bend awkwardly to hold and whack headliners into place on the car's ceiling, a headliner now has sewn-in magnets that keep it in place on the roof's metal frame.
The Monadnock is a good place to get a practical sense of how quickly these innovations were catching on: the original northern half of the building consists of traditional load-bearing walls that are 6ft thick at the bottom, while the southern half, constructed only two years later, uses the then-revolutionary metal frame for drastically thinner walls that go just as high.
His father, Ravi Pazhani, a slight man with metal-frame glasses, sat behind him.
In an outdoor metal shop, Wadongo and volunteers hammer scrap metal for the frame of the lantern.
And added a Metal Works-special top frame with duplex-style front bars.
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The futuristic design is highlighted by the TV's dark titan metal color, an ultra-slim frame, naturally curved lines and a unique square-shaped stand, making it appear more like a work of art than a TV.
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Instead, Huibers and his team built the boat by welding together the metal hulls of 25 barges into a single frame, which was then covered with Scandinavian pine.
Built with a sleek, stylish frame that is only 0.36-inches thin, and surrounded by premium metal trim to provide designer-level styling, the LG Optimus L9 is the latest in the style-focused L-Series of smartphones from LG.
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The frame is then joined with glue and wrapped in natural fibers and affixed to its conventional metal components.
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It's roughly 40lbs, with a white curvy frame -- according to the company, the body itself is largely a proprietary design, including the metal basket that's welded to the front handlebars.
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Most of the greatest glass boxes were designed by Mies, who realized the potential of suspending a "glass curtain" on a steel frame as early as 1928 with his Barcelona Pavilion: Since all the support needed was provided by the metal, the architect could use walls to sculpt space, as Mies did brilliantly with a delicate balance of transparent and reflective surfaces.
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