The building draws on the bumbung limas roof design, shading the walls and allowing natural ventilation.
And by putting everything together in one place, under one roof, Daimler engineers can design each part so it works better with the others.
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Lopping off the roof of a 911 is design sacrilege.
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As an emergency precaution, the Federal Aviation Administration has now said that carriers operating 737s with the same lap-joint design along the roof should inspect the planes after no more than 30, 000 cycles.
The design of the roof is inspired by a Wellington aircraft and incorporates sections of aluminum recovered from a plane that was shot down over Belgium on May 12, 1944, killing its crew of eight.
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It was to have been an incredible design with a retractable roof.
With the futuristic design of the suspended glass roof and a seating capacity of 80, 000 it was used after the 1972 summer games as a key stadium for the 1974 FIFA World Cup.
An innovative vortex-shedding roof-mounted antenna is one of many design elements utilized to help reduce wind noise.
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The design allows for passive solar heating in the winter, has a metal roof for rainwater collection and uses an incinerating toilet to minimize water usage and avoid the need for sewage disposal, said Carrie Caverly, an architectural designer.
Design-wise, the most spectacular aspect of Terminal 2 is its lattice roof, which is studded with special, light-sensitive lenses that look like peacock feathers overhead.
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"It's almost impossible not to be engaged with what's happening on the pitch at the Millennium Stadium, especially when it's enclosed with the retractable roof on and the Welsh rugby fans singing, " says Sheard, who worked on its design.
There are numerous references to so-called "Books of Knowledge, " highly confidential information on design, safety systems and testing records allegedly generated by Toyota engineers on everything from roll-overs and roof safety to sudden unintended acceleration.
In green architecture news, word has just come out that Facebook has commissioned Bilbao-famed starchitect Frank Gehry to design a green extension to the Facebook Menlo Park campus - complete with a massive, walkable green roof!
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