Sentence:  He turned back to the scene before him and the enormous new block of council dwellings. The <WSD>design</WSD> was some way after Corbusier but the block was built up on plinths and resembled an Atlantic liner swimming diagonally across the site. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The shape or appearance given to an object, especially one that is intended to make it more attractive.