architectural merit

collocation in English

meaningsofarchitecturalandmerit

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architectural
adjective
uk
/ˌɑː.kɪˈtek.tʃər.əl/us
/ˌɑːr.kəˈtek.tʃɚ.əl/
relating ...
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merit
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈmer.ɪt/us
/ˈmer.ɪt/
formal
the quality of being good and ...
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(Definition ofarchitecturalandmeritfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In our villages chapels of considerablearchitecturalmeritand worth are now garages or places of that kind.
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Steps are taken to conserve buildings of higharchitecturalmeritor historic importance.
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He is, if the building be of sufficient historic importance orarchitecturalmerit, a trustee for the whole community and for posterity.
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We do not have regency terraces, and the resort is both small and more working class than others, but the marketplace still hasarchitecturalmerit.
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The counter-argument is that we are considering only an incremental burden—saving each year a few additional churches of outstandingarchitecturalmerit.
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However, we are not here to discussarchitecturalmeritor the fact that a more profitable use for the site could be found.
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Here the city's great historical andarchitecturalmeritgives it obvious potential as a tourist centre.
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It was certainly not a monument of great historical orarchitecturalmerit.
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It is a building of no recognised outsidearchitecturalmerit.
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I also agree that it is just as important to create houses ofarchitecturalmeritas to refrain from destroying them.
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It was referred to also in the context of historic buildings, or buildings ofarchitecturalmeritthat might be listed.
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Some buildings can best be described as functional, with limited—if any—architecturalmerit.
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I am not over-enamoured of the geographical location of this building or itsarchitecturalmerit.
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One of the side effects, of course, is that this very desirable property of outstandingarchitecturalmeritis thus preserved.
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They cannot be built again or imitated or replaced by others of our own generation of equalarchitecturalmerit.
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These older buildings provide useful homes, and some have considerablearchitecturalmerit.
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Let us assume that a landlord has a house of somearchitecturalmerit.
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One of the reasons for that is that the building has greatarchitecturalmeritand worth.
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He rightly says that he is concerned not only with our great houses and castles but with areas of charm andarchitecturalmerit.
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These churches were not all of the highestarchitecturalmerit, but at the same time they were not truly redundant.
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