Metal roofs have a long history dating back to ancient civilizations, with early examples found in Roman and Byzantine architecture, where copper and lead sheets were used for durability and ...

Between the late 1800s and it's closure in 1959, the Alhambra suffered four separate fires. The Theatre Royal was Belfast's original high-end theatre, opening in the late 1700s with a capacity of just ...

In Whittier, Alaska, nearly all 200 residents live in a single 14-story building called Begich Towers ... baker to the mayor—lives under the same roof. No, this isn’t the plot of a quirky ...

the Alhambra suffered four separate fires. The Theatre Royal was Belfast's original high-end theatre, opening in the late 1700s with a capacity of just over 1,000. The building was demolished and ...

The roof’s design is more than just functional; it takes inspiration from the xhubleta, a traditional bell-shaped skirt worn by women in Kosovo. This cultural reference transforms the structure into a ...

The upper floors are finished with a brick exterior, timber-framed sliding sash windows and a pitched natural slate roof. The second building extends the traditional shopfront design at ground ...

The gold roof, however, is a more modern feature ... who carved the buildings out of the very sandstone of the cliffs. Their creations were influenced by other cultures – Al-Khazneh’s columns, for ...

While cultural differences persist, similarities such as histories, climate, topography, and vegetation allow design ...

Pictured on Monday, the small office building in the 300 block of 12th Avenue S.W. has been demolished. (Lily Dupuis/CBC) Ben Klumper, an architect and co-founder of Modern Office of Design ...

founder and creative director of BHDM Design and Archive, and his partner Andy Grover took over the apartment in January 2021. 'We really wanted to pay homage to the building's rich history by ...