breeze-block
noun
British
: a block that is made of cement and coal cinders and that is used in building : cinder block
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The 1,200-square-foot store, which follows Delvaux’s New York City flagship on Fifth Avenue opened in 2019, draws customers past the breeze-block facade into a salon with a bar, curved velvet couches and chairs, and art pieces that double as tables, cabinets and consoles.
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Marissa Muller, WWD, 16 Dec. 2024
Lockyer, for his part, has built upon the breeze-block idea by turning, instead, to rain-screen systems most often seen on the East Coast.
—Antonina Jedrzejczak, Robb Report, 21 Jan. 2024
The contrast is beautifully maintained by the physical production, in which even the breeze-block wall framing the patio, by the design studio dots, is on point: a tracery of concrete and air.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2023
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Marissa Muller, WWD, 16 Dec. 2024
Lockyer, for his part, has built upon the breeze-block idea by turning, instead, to rain-screen systems most often seen on the East Coast.
—Antonina Jedrzejczak, Robb Report, 21 Jan. 2024
The contrast is beautifully maintained by the physical production, in which even the breeze-block wall framing the patio, by the design studio dots, is on point: a tracery of concrete and air.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2023
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“Breeze-block.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/breeze-block. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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