Master Builder, The

noun

1. a play (1892) by Ibsen.

Example Sentences

Perhaps the most powerful man in American history never to have held elective office, Moses became New York's Master Builder, the man responsible for creating most of the dams and bridges around the state, most of its highways and state parks, two New York City World Fairs and the United Nations building.

From Golf Digest

Articles on the project were greeted with comments such as “Long live Tehran’s master builder, the humble accomplisher, Dr Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf,” and “May the eyes of the envious and extremist burst in jealousy.”

From The Guardian

Mostly finished as an architect by 1936, Tillie was brought in as a consultant by owner Robert Moses, referred to as "New York's Master Builder, the man responsible for creating most of the dams and bridges around the state, most of its highways and state parks, two New York City World Fairs and the United Nations building," wrote Ron Whitten in 2002.

From Golf Digest

Clients, he said, probably feared the inevitable headline: Albert Speer — “the devil’s architect,” Hitler’s master builder, the man who was sentenced to 20 years in prison at the Nuremberg war-crimes trials — was again building in Berlin.

From Washington Post

While black actresses will lead “Cats ” and “Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 ” and African-American actors will be represented in “Motown” and August Wilson’s “Jitney,” the lead actors are so far all white for the upcoming “The Cherry Orchard,” ”Heisenberg,” ”The Glass Menagerie,” ”The Master Builder,” ”The Present,” ”The Bandstand,” ”Hello, Dolly!”

From Washington Times