These include a roof garden and roof windows which allow air circulation, to remove the need for air conditioning.
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The Grade I listed concert and conference venue will see its whole structure given a facelift, from its roof to windows and electrical wiring.
"It really makes a big difference when the kids walk into a building that looks like it's well taken care of, " says Ann Shorey, principal of the Louisa May Alcott Elementary School, where a new playground, roof and windows have been put in.
The fabric of the building will also be upgraded and restored, including roof coverings, windows, internal and external stonework and carpentry.
From the outside, the property looks like any other hay barn with a curved roof, no windows and surrounded by farmyard machinery.
The roof has collapsed, the windows are smashed, and the rubble is still smouldering.
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Earlier, a confirmed tornado struck a hospital in Creston, Iowa, blowing out windows and damaging the roof, said John Benson of the Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management agency.
The property finally reopened as the Hotel Parq Central in 2010 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, thanks to its railway history and impressive Italianate architecture, featuring arched windows, a flat roof and exterior baluster staircases.
For the most part it looks like a sleeker hatchback version of a Chevy Cruze, highlighted by a solid silver grille up front with a black roof and matching trim along the windows and at the rear of the car.
Those who could not fit inside the cars hung out the windows, or sat on the roof.
At the Hollywood Casino in suburban of Maryland Heights, gamblers rushed from the floor as a storm blew out windows and tore off part of the roof.
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But now that former competitors in spreadsheets and word software have been squished like bugs, there is no particular need for Windows and Office to be under the same roof.
Meanwhile, the curved ceiling of the main house captures the interplay of light refracted from the L-shaped pool, and the roof's louvered panels float above a wall of windows, perching on delicate wood columns as they shelter an outdoor patio.
They said neighbours should be aware of a pungent smell coming from a property, vents protruding through the roof or a rear window, fluctuations in power supplies and windows permanently covered from the inside.
That roof shelters an enormous building whose southerly exposures are entirely covered in windows, the better to take advantage of forest views.
"In the old days, I used to hide modern elements behind traditional structures, " he says, citing a project where he put a gabled roof on a house to help minimize the conspicuousness of large, modern windows.
These include roll-down metallic shades for windows and doors and extra strong roofing components to help keep the roof on the house.
We skim so low over the roof tops of the city, I feel like I can see in through the windows of the mud brick houses.
For a major overhaul, consider installing photovoltaic cells on your roof, hydronic radiant heating in your floors, double-glazed panes in your windows and low-flow toilets in your bathroom.
Standard green features in each home include LED lighting, recycled glass countertops, a high-efficiency water heater, water-conserving fixtures including dual-flush toilets, FSC-certified bamboo flooring, EnergyStar appliances, zero-VOC paints, finishes, and adhesives, a whole-house ventilation system, low-E windows, high levels of insulation, a fully recyclable, heat-deflecting cool roof, exterior wood siding and decking made from FSC-certified cedar, and much more.
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Stout oak beams underpin the roof and rough plaster lines the walls, while an antique ceramic stove pumps out warmth and shuttered windows peep onto the moonlit courtyard.
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