Roofing innovation
Kazakhstan: Building the world's largest tent
In the capital of Kazakhstan, Buro Happold, Foster + Partners and developer Sembol have built the world’s largest tent. And their heroic attempts to heave that 90m mast upright are enough to make fair-weather campers weep
2012 countdown: The aquatics centre
Since the aquatics centre’s 160m-long roof was lowered into place last year, work on the Zaha Hadid-designed venue has continued to power ahead
Worcester Library and History Centre's roof
The Worcester Library and History Centre’s geometrically complex roof needed to bring light into the building as well as get air out. Luckily, a powerful parametric model came to the rescue, as Stephen Kennett discovered
Crazy angles, soaring steel: Zaha Hadid’s Guangzhou opera house
As the Chinese city of Guangzhou races to build a new district in time for the 2010 Asian Games, the designs of two British architects enter the spotlight. Thomas Lane charts the trials, tribulations and triumphs of Zaha Hadid’s opera house and Wilkinson Eyre’s West Tower
Eco-terraces: Urban jungle
Eco-terraces are the next big thing in rooftop developments – but, says Stephen Kennett, it pays to have green fingers. Where’s Alan Titchmarsh when you need him?
2012 countdown: The velodrome
The plan with the velodrome was to make it as lean as a racing bike, says Chris Wise, one of its designers
Sands of time: Foster's shell roof
Novum Structures had just four months to build this complex shell roof structure - part of Foster + Partners’ sand-dune inspired pavilion for the Shanghai 2010 Expo. So how did they do it?
Who turned the lights off? The Part L rooflight resurgence
Proposals for the revised Part L of the Building Regulations could lead to a resurgence in rooflights
Tubular belge: Buro Happold's steel shopping centre
Buro Happold’s roof for Liège’s new shopping centre takes the form of a 400m-long steel snake, which undulates to dramatically different heights. Stephen Kennett finds out how it was done
Georgious Washington
Roofing If you liked the British Museum’s Great Court roof, you’re going to love its designers’ spectacular covering for the Smithsonian Institution in Washington.
Roofing costs
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What it costs: Insulated renders
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What it costs: Thermal insulation
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Whole-life costs: Concrete vs steel
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Costs: Liquid roof waterproofing systems
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Costs: Rooflights
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Costs: Flat roofs
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Costs: Single-ply membranes for flat roofs
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Lifetime costs: roofing
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Lifetime costs: pitched roofs
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Lifetime costs: flat roofs
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Lifetime costs: Full metal packet
Roofing products
Single-ply membrane
Sika-Trocal has supplied its Type S single-ply membrane to the Sea Life centre on Blackpool promenade
Profiled sheet cladding
RigiSystems has launched a profiled sheet cladding suitable for roof and wall applications called S-Type Economy
Aluminium rainwater system
Marley Alutec provided an aluminium rainwater system to a development in East Sussex
Liquid waterproofing system
This cold-applied liquid waterproofing system reduces health and safety risks at height
Insulated panel system
Tata Steel supplied R32 (roof) profile and C32 (walls) profiles on 36 bonded warehouses at Mulben, Scotland
Green roof space
Alumasc says its green roof will offer ecological and amenity benefits
Rooftop parking at Westfield
CityRoof’s Pardak paving system has been installed over an inverted roof at Westfield Stratford City
