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An underused public space in Veracruz, Mexico, has been given new life by Rozana Montiel and Alvin V Wallach, who built a canopy over the plaza to protect it from the elements. The Court project ...

The shell of a pitched-roof 1960s home in the Italian Dolomites is dramatically altered by an angular, slatted timber skin in this unusual modern addition by Plasma Studio. While the front of the home ...

VIENNA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Wienerberger Group, a leading provider of sustainable building materials and infrastructure solutions, announces that it has submitted an offer to acquire selected core ...

Flat roofs share one trait: with time, they tend to leak. You can, of course, have a new hot-tar-and-gravel roof put down but sometimes there may be a design reason for adding a pitched roof as a long ...

We live in a 35-year-old three-bed semi in Co Wicklow onto which we built an extension last year. The extension included a new pitch roof on the garage at the gable end, but water continues to appear ...

As the popularity of vegetated roofs grows in the U.S., Building Teams are finding new methods for greening rooftops. A recent trend is to adapt green roof technology for low- and steep-slope ...

Choosing the right materials and techniques for your roofing can significantly affect the roof’s structure, longevity, and functionality. Shingles are one of the most common materials utilized in ...