Word: roof
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...daylight in, we used a greenhouse type roof," McCue explains. "These are fine in warmer climates, but up here it makes maintenance problems very difficult...
...addition, the glass stepped roof did not allow water to run off effectively, causing pools to form...
...structure, consisting as it does of four levels of studios built under a glass sky lit roof, has been widely recognized as an innovation in architecture...
...glass roof, just to name one example, is an example of a technique that was "not yet fully proven," according to GSD Dean Gerald McCue...
Specifically, all this meant the roof leaked often, a problem that has been rectified by the renovations thus far (they are 95 percent complete, officials say). "Wastebaskets were used more often to collect the leaking water than for trash," remembers one harried administrator...