Perhaps the lesson here is that the corporate system can be stretched only so far in terms of architectural patronage.

In New York, Mr. Parker's architectural patronage is a bit more modest.

Station changes are considered individually even though the stations are a giant coherent act of architectural patronage.

Neither of these examples of the imperial uses of architectural patronage, it seems, has been lost on Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

Browne is appreciated for architectural and decorative patronage of work undertaken at Riverstown House.

Their architectural patronage has left a legacy across South Africa and England.

The Renaissance Papacy is known for its artistic and architectural patronage, forays into European power politics, and theological challenges to papal authority.

New York developers have not always been so concerned with architectural patronage.

But at a distance, just over one hundred years from his death, it is his architectural patronage that creates his lasting memorial.

Today Qaitbay is perhaps best known for his wide-ranging architectural patronage.