Back in the mid-20th century, glazing was often integrated into the folded plate roof design. light from skylights is hard to control, but the angled panels on the roof are put to very good use ...

Located on a half-acre site, the two-story, 20,786-sq-ft mass timber library marks the first time self-supporting dowel-laminated timber (DLT) has been integrated into a folded plate roof design ...

The folded plate roof is constructed of conventional 2x wood rafters clad with metal corrugated framing. The clerestory between wall and roof is treated with a polycarbonate glazing panel. Save ...

Architectural awareness got a boost from the publication of a Los Angeles Times story about roof design on page 1-A of today's Herald-Tribune. The story told of how contemporary architects, aware t… ...

Los Angeles firm Bestor Architecture has built a white complex for a winery in Napa, Calfornia, complete with porthole windows and a zig-zag pavilion roof. Ashes & Diamonds comprises two different ...

Each structure roof in the complex consists of a series of concrete folded plate elements, with clear spans measuring up to 56 m. Plates continuously change their angle along the entire length and ...

A big folded-plate roof wraps around the “divided houses” and shelters the common area and living room shared by the entire family. The name Rain Shelter House references the regional climate ...

The zigzag roof of a folded-plate structure is seen at the Memorial Hall at the Kyushu Institute of Technology in the Fukuoka Prefecture city of Kitakyushu's Tobata Ward on Nov. 11, 2022.