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  • Balancing across the width of the roof’s surface, a traditional thatcher lays water reed on to the roof of a Suffolk cottage in afternoon sun, on 16th August 1993, in Suffolk, England. He uses a Shearing Hook to lay the straw into the outer weathering coat of the roof’s slope. Using techniques developed over thousands of years, good thatch will not require frequent maintenance. In England a ridge will normally last 10–15 years. Thatching is the craft of building a roof with dry vegetation such as straw, water reed, sedge (Cladium mariscus), rushes and heather, layering the vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof. It is a very old roofing method and has been used in both tropical and temperate climates.
    thatcher_roof-16-08-1993.jpg
  • Shoppers enjoy the new John Lewis open air roof garden above their London Oxford Street branch, celebrating the retailer's 150th anniversary.
    roof_garden12-05-05-2014.jpg
  • Shoppers enjoy the new John Lewis open air roof garden above their London Oxford Street branch, celebrating the retailer's 150th anniversary.
    roof_garden06-05-05-2014.jpg
  • Shoppers enjoy the new John Lewis open air roof garden above their London Oxford Street branch, celebrating the retailer's 150th anniversary.
    roof_garden02-05-05-2014.jpg
  • The solitary figure of a man stands on the roof of an office building in downtown Atlanta during a victory parade for the city's baseball team. The man may be a security guard, keeping watch over the streets below as crowds gather to honour the Atlanta Braves Baseball team, after their 1995 World Series win. The figure is in his manmade environment and the high walls and windows of the buildings that make up this metropolis dwarf this tiny human who in the scale and perspective of a modern city looks incongruous, isolated and insignificant.
    roof_man01-10-11-1995.jpg
  • Shoppers enjoy the new John Lewis open air roof garden above their London Oxford Street branch, celebrating the retailer's 150th anniversary.
    roof_garden11-05-05-2014.jpg
  • Shoppers enjoy the new John Lewis open air roof garden above their London Oxford Street branch, celebrating the retailer's 150th anniversary.
    roof_garden10-05-05-2014.jpg
  • Shoppers enjoy the new John Lewis open air roof garden above their London Oxford Street branch, celebrating the retailer's 150th anniversary.
    roof_garden09-05-05-2014.jpg
  • Shoppers enjoy the new John Lewis open air roof garden above their London Oxford Street branch, celebrating the retailer's 150th anniversary.
    roof_garden03-05-05-2014.jpg
  • Shoppers enjoy the new John Lewis open air roof garden above their London Oxford Street branch, celebrating the retailer's 150th anniversary.
    roof_garden04-05-05-2014.jpg
  • Shoppers enjoy the new John Lewis open air roof garden above their London Oxford Street branch, celebrating the retailer's 150th anniversary.
    roof_garden08-05-05-2014.jpg
  • The solitary of a man stands on the roof of an office building in downtown Atlanta during a victory parade for the city's baseball team.
    roof_man02-10-11-1995.jpg
  • Using techniques developed over thousands of years, traditional thatcher lays straw on a barn roof in Suffolk, England. Balancing across the width of the roof’s surface, the man uses a Shearing Hook to lay the straw into the outer weathering coat of the roof’s slope. Using techniques developed over thousands of years, good thatch will not require frequent maintenance. In England a ridge will normally last 10–15 years. Thatching is the craft of building a roof with dry vegetation such as straw, water reed, sedge (Cladium mariscus), rushes and heather, layering the vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof. It is a very old roofing method and has been used in both tropical and temperate climates. Thatch is still the choice of affluent people who desire a rustic look for their home or who have purchased an originally thatched abode.
    thatching01-16-08-1993.jpg
  • Layering water reed on to the roof of a Suffolk cottage, traditional thatchers work together in afternoon sun. While in the background new straw is brought up onto the roof while in the foreground another thatcher leans into the ladder and the roof's slope. Using a thatching tool called a Leggett, Legate, bat or dresser to position the thatch on the roof. Typically one end is treated so as to catch the ends of the reed used. This tool is used by the thatcher to dress the reed into place and ensure an even finish. Using techniques developed over thousands of years, good thatch will not require frequent maintenance. In England a ridge will normally last 10-15 years. Thatching is the craft of building a roof with dry vegetation such as straw, water reed, sedge, rushes and heather, layering the vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof.
    thatchers02-16-08-1993.jpg
  • Layering water reed on to the roof of a Suffolk cottage, traditional thatchers work together in afternoon sun. While in the background new straw is brought up onto the roof while in the foreground another thatcher leans into the ladder and the roof's slope. Using a thatching tool called a Leggett, Legate, bat or dresser to position the thatch on the roof. Typically one end is treated so as to catch the ends of the reed used. This tool is used by the thatcher to dress the reed into place and ensure an even finish. Using techniques developed over thousands of years, good thatch will not require frequent maintenance. In England a ridge will normally last 10-15 years. Thatching is the craft of building a roof with dry vegetation such as straw, water reed, sedge, rushes and heather, layering the vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof.
    thatchers01-16-08-1993.jpg
  • Using techniques developed over thousands of years, a portrait of traditional thatchers with straw for a barn roof in Suffolk, England. In England a ridge will normally last 10–15 years. Thatching is the craft of building a roof with dry vegetation such as straw, water reed, sedge (Cladium mariscus), rushes and heather, layering the vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof. It is a very old roofing method and has been used in both tropical and temperate climates. Thatch is still the choice of affluent people who desire a rustic look for their home or who have purchased an originally thatched abode.
    thatching02-16-08-1993.jpg
  • Solar panels on the roof of a Dolomites farm's barn roof in the old rural hamlet of Aireië, near Wengen-La Val, in south Tyrol, Italy.
    italy_dolomites32-19-07-2015.jpg
  • Solar panels on the roof of a Dolomites farm's barn roof in the old rural hamlet of Aireië, near Wengen-La Val, in south Tyrol, Italy.
    italy_dolomites31-19-07-2015.jpg
  • Solar panels on the roof of a Dolomites farm's barn roof in the old rural hamlet of Aireië, near Wengen-La Val, in south Tyrol, Italy.
    italy_dolomites30-19-07-2015.jpg
  • Solar panels on the roof of a Dolomites farm's barn roof in the old rural hamlet of Aireië, near Wengen-La Val, in south Tyrol, Italy.
    italy_dolomites28-19-07-2015.jpg
  • Solar panels on the roof of a Dolomites farm's barn roof in the old rural hamlet of Aireië, near Wengen-La Val, in south Tyrol, Italy.
    italy_dolomites27-19-07-2015.jpg
  • A detail of a Victorian house gable in the Essex seaside town of Frinton-on-Sea. Ornate blue painted woodwork looks fresh and clean despite it being 100 years old. The name of the property reads as Essex House and the date of its construction as 1896. A gable is the generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of a sloping roof. The shape of the gable and how it is detailed depends on the structural system used (which is often related to climate and availability of materials) and aesthetic concerns. Thus the type of roof enclosing the volume dictates the shape of the gable. A gable wall or gable end more commonly refers to the entire wall, including the gable and the wall below it.
    essex_house01-12-06-1992.jpg
  • A detail of a 1930s house gable in the Essex seaside town of Frinton-on-Sea. Well-painted white woodwork looks fresh and clean despite it being 90 years old. The property is shown as Essex House with the date of its construction as 1936. A gable is the generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of a sloping roof. The shape of the gable and how it is detailed depends on the structural system used (which is often related to climate and availability of materials) and aesthetic concerns. Thus the type of roof enclosing the volume dictates the shape of the gable. A gable wall or gable end more commonly refers to the entire wall, including the gable and the wall below it.
    essex_house02-12-06-1992.jpg
  • The wooden roof of a municipal building beneath the highest peaks in the Slovenian Julian Alps, on 22nd June 2018, in Trenta, Triglav National Park, Slovenia. Nearby mountains are Kreiski 2050m, Pihavec 2419m, Dolina Zadnjica and Triglav 2864m.
    slovenia-227-22-06-2018.jpg
  • 2012 Olympic landscape showing Aquatics centre by Pritzker prize winner Zaha Hadid and main stadium at Stratford. The London Aquatics Centre has 2 50m swimming pools and a 25m diving pool. Built by Balfour Beatty for £242, three times the original cost. The aluminium roof is provided by Kalzip with cooperation from Rowecord Engineering and is 1,040 sq metre, weighing 3,200 tonnes.
    stratford_olympicb+w19-08-03-2012.jpg
  • 2012 Olympic landscape showing Aquatics centre by Pritzker prize winner Zaha Hadid and main stadium at Stratford. The London Aquatics Centre has 2 50m swimming pools and a 25m diving pool. Built by Balfour Beatty for £242, three times the original cost. The aluminium roof is provided by Kalzip with cooperation from Rowecord Engineering and is 1,040 sq metre, weighing 3,200 tonnes.
    stratford_olympic18-08-03-2012.jpg
  • The wooden roof of a municipal building beneath the highest peaks in the Slovenian Julian Alps, on 22nd June 2018, in Trenta, Triglav National Park, Slovenia. Nearby mountains are Kreiski 2050m, Pihavec 2419m, Dolina Zadnjica and Triglav 2864m.
    slovenia-224-22-06-2018.jpg
  • The wooden roof of a municipal building beneath the highest peaks in the Slovenian Julian Alps, on 22nd June 2018, in Trenta, Triglav National Park, Slovenia. Nearby mountains are Kreiski 2050m, Pihavec 2419m, Dolina Zadnjica and Triglav 2864m.
    slovenia-223-22-06-2018.jpg
  • The wooden roof of a municipal building beneath the highest peaks in the Slovenian Julian Alps, on 22nd June 2018, in Trenta, Triglav National Park, Slovenia. Nearby mountains are Kreiski 2050m, Pihavec 2419m, Dolina Zadnjica and Triglav 2864m.
    slovenia-222-22-06-2018.jpg
  • Solar panels on the roof of a rural bungalow, on 5th May 2018, in Wrington, North Somerset, England.
    wrington_family-14-05-05-2018.jpg
  • 2012 Olympic landscape showing Aquatics centre by Pritzker prize winner Zaha Hadid and main stadium at Stratford. The London Aquatics Centre has 2 50m swimming pools and a 25m diving pool. Built by Balfour Beatty for £242, three times the original cost. The aluminium roof is provided by Kalzip with cooperation from Rowecord Engineering and is 1,040 sq metre, weighing 3,200 tonnes.
    stratford_olympic19-08-03-2012.jpg
  • Layering water reed on to the roof of a Suffolk cottage, traditional thatchers work together in afternoon sun
    thatchers-16-08-1993.jpg
  • Active retired pensioner carefully bends to aligns new tiles on roof of his cottage before winter arrives on the Isle of Skye
    9999-RPB59-mike_kirkland23-28-09-200...jpg
  • The wooden roof of a municipal building beneath the highest peaks in the Slovenian Julian Alps, on 22nd June 2018, in Trenta, Triglav National Park, Slovenia. Nearby mountains are Kreiski 2050m, Pihavec 2419m, Dolina Zadnjica and Triglav 2864m.
    slovenia-226-22-06-2018.jpg
  • The wooden roof of a municipal building beneath the highest peaks in the Slovenian Julian Alps, on 22nd June 2018, in Trenta, Triglav National Park, Slovenia. Nearby mountains are Kreiski 2050m, Pihavec 2419m, Dolina Zadnjica and Triglav 2864m.
    slovenia-225-22-06-2018.jpg
  • 2012 Olympic landscape showing Aquatics centre by Pritzker prize winner Zaha Hadid and main stadium at Stratford. The London Aquatics Centre has 2 50m swimming pools and a 25m diving pool. Built by Balfour Beatty for £242, three times the original cost. The aluminium roof is provided by Kalzip with cooperation from Rowecord Engineering and is 1,040 sq metre, weighing 3,200 tonnes.
    stratford_olympicb+w18-08-03-2012.jpg
  • A villager lays fresh straw over the roof rafters of a building with the backdrop of Himalayan foothills and snow-tipped mountain peaks, on 10th November 1995, in Ghorepani, Himalayas, Nepal,
    nepal-10-11-1995_2.jpg
  • Collapsed roof of a farmer's barn by fallen pines after summer storms in a forest above Badia-Abtei in the Dolomites region of south Tyrol, Italy.
    badia_abtei37-19-07-2015.jpg
  • A pump-action water pistol lies on the roof of a bus shelter on the Walworth Road in the borough of Southwark, on 10th August 2017, in London, England.
    water_pistol-01-10-08-2017.jpg
  • A pump-action water pistol lies on the roof of a bus shelter on the Walworth Road in the borough of Southwark, on 10th August 2017, in London, England.
    water_pistol-02-10-08-2017.jpg
  • A driver stands on the rear wheel of his vehicle and reaches to polish its roof, in a central London street, England.
    car_cleaner-01-23-09-2016.jpg
  • Collapsing roof of abandoned house belonging to poor, rural housing near the town of Bakonyszentlaszlo, Gyor-Moson-Sopron, Hungary
    hungary_house-05-26-06-2016.jpg
  • A hot air balloon and the roof of a local mosque in a West Bank village of the modern city of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt.
    egypt354-06-03-2016.jpg
  • Collapsed roof of a farmer's barn by fallen pines after summer storms in a forest above Badia-Abtei in the Dolomites region of south Tyrol, Italy.
    badia_abtei38-19-07-2015.jpg
  • London Fire Brigade (LFB) firefighters attend a roof fire in Herne Hill, south London.
    SE24_fire07-24-04-2015.jpg
  • A man sits unnoticed on the roof of a mobile phone provider kiosk at Elephant & Castle in the south London borough of Lambeth.
    elephant_kiosk01-21-02-2014.jpg
  • Timbered eaves with inscriptions and carved angels in the roof of Blythburgh church, Suffolk.
    blytheborough_angels01-25-07-2012.jpg
  • Timbered eaves with inscriptions and carved angels in the roof of Blythburgh church, Suffolk.
    blytheborough_angels03-25-07-2012.jpg
  • Upturned boat serves as a roof for a teashop and art gallery in Calgary Bay (from whose name the Canadian city takes its name), Calgary Isle of Mull, Scotland.
    isle_of_mull284-20-11-2011.jpg
  • Upturned boat serves as a roof for a teashop and art gallery in Calgary Bay (from whose name the Canadian city takes its name), Calgary Isle of Mull, Scotland.
    isle_of_mull284-20-11-2011.jpg
  • Roof architecture showing Torso Node engineering strength at Heathrow airport's terminal 5.
    heathrow_airport690-17-07-2009.jpg
  • Roof architecture showing Torso Node engineering strength at Heathrow airport's terminal 5.
    heathrow_airport687-17-07-2009.jpg
  • Roof architecture showing Torso Node engineering strength at Heathrow airport's terminal 5.
    heathrow_airport685-17-07-2009.jpg
  • London Fire Brigade (LFB) firefighters attend a roof fire in Herne Hill, south London.
    SE24_fire01-24-04-2015.jpg
  • Cool, white roofing materials to cool the roof of a Federal building, on Broadway in New York City.
    manhattan_cool02-24-05-2014.jpg
  • Cool, white roofing materials to cool the roof of a Federal building, on Broadway in New York City.
    manhattan_cool01-24-05-2014.jpg
  • Timbered eaves with inscriptions and carved angels in the roof of Blythburgh church, Suffolk.
    blytheborough_angels02-25-07-2012.jpg
  • Seen from the inside looking outwards, we see one of the giant 38 ton 'torso nodes' of Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 roof structure. Developed by Arup to design the geometry of abutment steel, this engineering challenge needed to help support 50 ton rafters to made T5 the largest free-standing building in the UK. In the centre is the torso that sits on top of two feet with the wings splaying out to the window. The main architecture was created by the Richard Rogers Partnership (now Rogers Stirk Harbour and Partners) and opened in 2008 after a cost of £4.3 billion. Terminal 5 has the capacity to serve around 30 million passengers a year. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009). .
    heathrow_airport872-22-07-2009.jpg
  • Giant screen eyes look upwads towards roof architecture in departures at Heathrow airport's terminal 5.
    heathrow_airport614-15-07-2009.jpg
  • An engineering 'Foot Node' that supports Terminal 5 roof standing on the floor of Arrivals at Heathrow airport.
    heathrow_airport545-14-07-2009.jpg
  • Workmen repair the timbers of a traditional Polish mountain house's gable roof, on 16th September 2019, in Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-55-16-09-2019.jpg
  • Looking up to the Nokia information screen and high roof of newly-opened London Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 building.
    heathrow_terminal_five-02-17-03-2008.jpg
  • Workmen repair the timbers of a traditional Polish mountain house's gable roof, on 16th September 2019, in Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-54-16-09-2019.jpg
  • Workmen repair the timbers of a traditional Polish mountain house's gable roof, on 16th September 2019, in Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-53-16-09-2019.jpg
  • Looking up to the Nokia information screen and high roof of newly-opened London Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 building.
    heathrow_terminal_five-22-17-03-2008.jpg
  • Looking up to the Nokia information screen and high roof of newly-opened London Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 building.
    heathrow_terminal_five-03-17-03-2008.jpg
  • Social distance markers are on the ground at the entrance to the Roof Garden for when this popular rooftop viewpoint across the capital re-opens again when restrictions of the UK Coronavirus pandemic lockdown rules are realxed further. The number of deaths from Coronavirus in the last 24hrs has increased by 287 to 37,979 while the UK government lowered the national Covid-19 alert level from 4 to 3, meaning the virus is considered to be "in general circulation .. with "a gradual reduction in restrictions", on 19th June 2020, in the City of London, England.
    coronavirus_city-14-19-06-2020.jpg
  • A year after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the Communist Eastern Bloc, children play in Marx Engels Platz on an East Berlin shopping precinct roof built during the Communist DDR-era, on 4th November 1990, in Berlin, Germany. Marx-Engels-Forum was a public park in the central Mitte district of Berlin. It was named for Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, authors of The Communist Manifesto of 1848 and regarded as founders of the Communist movement. The park was created by authorities of the former German Democratic Republic (GDR) in 1986
    90s_germany-15-06-1990_5.jpg
  • A cab driver's hands rest on his steering wheel of his LEVC electric taxi while driving towards the IMAX cinema, seen through his run roof in Waterloo SE1, on 9th December 2019, in London, England.
    cab_interior-01-09-12-2019.jpg
  • In the aftermath of the 2018 World Cup in Russia, an English flag is still on the roof of a classic German Volkswagen car, on 15th July 2018, in London, England.
    VW_flag-01-15-07-2018.jpg
  • A Christian shrine in the roof of a rural village barn, on 18th June 2018, in Kupljenik, Slovenia
    slovenia-25-18-06-2018.jpg
  • A Christian shrine in the roof of a rural village barn, on 18th June 2018, in Kupljenik, Slovenia
    slovenia-24-18-06-2018.jpg
  • Aerial view of a Sandals Holidays ad on the roof of a London taxi and the reality of passers-by at Elephant & Castle on 23rd April 2018, in London, England.
    sandals_ad-03-23-04-2018.jpg
  • Aerial view of a Sandals Holidays ad on the roof of a London taxi and the reality of passers-by at Elephant & Castle on 23rd April 2018, in London, England.
    sandals_ad-01-23-04-2018.jpg
  • The vaulted roof and tall columns in the central nave of Alcobaca Monastery (Mosteiro de Santa Maria de Alcobaca), on 16th July, at Alcobaca, Portugal. The monastery was completed in 1223 for the Cistercian order and added to further by King Dinnis (Dennis) who built the main cloister and is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Austere architecture is in keeping with the Cistercian regard for simplicity. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
    portugal_alcobaca-14-16-07-2016.jpg
  • Ironwork and clock hanging from the roof of Smithfield meat and poultry market in Clerkenwell, London. Smithfield Market, a Grade II listed-covered market building, was designed by Victorian architect Sir Horace Jones, completed in November 1868 at a cost of £993,816 (£80 million at 2015 prices).
    smithfield_clock01-12-11-2015.jpg
  • Children play on an East Berlin shopping precinct roof built during the Communist DDR-era - Alexanderplatz.
    berlin_children01-15-06-1990.jpg
  • Social distance markers are on the ground at the entrance to the Roof Garden for when this popular rooftop viewpoint across the capital re-opens again when restrictions of the UK Coronavirus pandemic lockdown rules are realxed further. The number of deaths from Coronavirus in the last 24hrs has increased by 287 to 37,979 while the UK government lowered the national Covid-19 alert level from 4 to 3, meaning the virus is considered to be "in general circulation .. with "a gradual reduction in restrictions", on 19th June 2020, in the City of London, England.
    coronavirus_city-15-19-06-2020.jpg
  • Social distance markers are on the ground at the entrance to the Roof Garden for when this popular rooftop viewpoint across the capital re-opens again when restrictions of the UK Coronavirus pandemic lockdown rules are realxed further. The number of deaths from Coronavirus in the last 24hrs has increased by 287 to 37,979 while the UK government lowered the national Covid-19 alert level from 4 to 3, meaning the virus is considered to be "in general circulation .. with "a gradual reduction in restrictions", on 19th June 2020, in the City of London, England.
    coronavirus_city-13-19-06-2020.jpg
  • As a helicopter from an Air Ambulance service takes off into overcast skies from the helipad on the roof of Kings College Hospital Trust, a London Overground train leaves nearby Denmark Hill station, en-route towards Brixton and Clapham Junction, on 27th February 2020, in London, England.
    denmark_hill-01-26-02-2020.jpg
  • Sixties NASA rocket technology from the Saturn V and Apollo-era is suspecded from the roof of the Kennedy Spce Center, on 10th March 2003, in Cape Kennedy, Florida, USA. An Apollo rocket stage for the Saturn V rocket and a Lunar Module in the Apollo/Saturn V Center which is only accessible to visitors by bus tours from the Visitors Complex. The Space cenbter features exhibits and displays, historic spacecraft and memorabilia. It also encompasses the separate Apollo/Saturn V Center and United States Astronaut Hall of Fame. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
    kennedy_space-10-03-2003.jpg
  • In the aftermath of the 2018 World Cup in Russia, an English flag is still on the roof of a classic German Volkswagen car, on 15th July 2018, in London, England.
    VW_flag-02-15-07-2018.jpg
  • Aerial view of a Sandals Holidays ad on the roof of a London taxi and the reality of passers-by at Elephant & Castle on 23rd April 2018, in London, England.
    sandals_ad-04-23-04-2018.jpg
  • Aerial view of a Sandals Holidays ad on the roof of a London taxi and the reality of passers-by at Elephant & Castle on 23rd April 2018, in London, England.
    sandals_ad-02-23-04-2018.jpg
  • Ironwork and clock hanging from the roof of Smithfield meat and poultry market in Clerkenwell, London. Smithfield Market, a Grade II listed-covered market building, was designed by Victorian architect Sir Horace Jones, completed in November 1868 at a cost of £993,816 (£80 million at 2015 prices).
    smithfield_clock02-12-11-2015.jpg
  • An aviation enthusiast husband sits on an overturned baggage trolley on the roof of a terminal at London Heathrow airport, while his bored wife sits in their car, waiting for the homeward journey.
    plane_spotters06-10-01-2003.jpg
  • Three crosses on the nave roof of St. Benedict church, Horning on the Nofolk Broads. With the nearest side in shadow, we see the flint stones set into the building's walls. St. Benedict lies half a mile east of the village and dates back to the 13th Century. This area of Britain is known as East Anglia, once the stronghold of Saxon tribes then later, of Norse Vikings before Christianity dominated the religious landscape. Christian sites of worship were built on pagan shrines to encourage the following of the new God.
    norfolk_crosses01-01-08-2013.jpg
  • A waitress serves two women in an outdoor street cafe, under Edwardian arches architecture and reflected in car roof opposite.
    cafe_arch01-06-10-2010.jpg
  • Seen low from behind stage, a male voice choir are lined up to sing during their performance at an open-air temporary auditorium during the Lambeth Show, an inner-city cultural and family event held annually in Dulwich Park, a leafy suburb of South London. The choristers are dressed in white shirts which are untidily untucked from their dark trousers (pants). Their heads echo the purple, yellow and red spots from the overhead lights. The front of stage is covered by a curved ribbed roof structure that arches over the mens' heads. The singers look small in scale to the cavernous height of this ceiling, occupying a small percentage of the frame. We cannot see the choir's conductor, nor their audience but we get an impression of wide area in which to project their voices
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  • Seen from ground level, we see one of the giant 'hand nodes' of Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 roof structure. Developed by Arup to design the geometry of abutment steel supports, this engineering challenge needed to help support 50 ton tusk rafters to made T5 the largest free-standing building in the UK. A large H denotes the check-in zone for international passengers. The main architecture was created by the Richard Rogers Partnership (now Rogers Stirk Harbour and Partners) and opened in 2008 after a cost of £4.3 billion. Terminal 5 has the capacity to serve around 30 million passengers a year. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
    heathrow_airport1670-24-08-2009.jpg
  • One of Arup's 'torso nodes' engineering roof support strut and advertising image in Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5.
    heathrow_airport1267-16-08-2009.jpg
  • Red clock hangs from warehouse roof of cross-docking area of of Royal Mail's DIRFT logistics park in Daventry
    DIRFT168-20-02-2007 .jpg
  • Lunchtime City workers enjoy a tranquill lunchtime high above the City on the rooftop garden at Fen Court in the City of London, the capital's financial district (aka the Square Mile), on 22nd August 2019, in London, England.
    roof_garden-02-22-08-2019.jpg
  • Lunchtime City workers enjoy a tranquill lunchtime high above the City on the rooftop garden at Fen Court in the City of London, the capital's financial district (aka the Square Mile), on 22nd August 2019, in London, England.
    roof_garden-01-22-08-2019.jpg
  • Lunchtime City workers enjoy a tranquill lunchtime high above the City on the rooftop garden at Fen Court in the City of London, the capital's financial district (aka the Square Mile), on 22nd August 2019, in London, England.
    roof_garden-03-22-08-2019.jpg
  • Diners sit in a cafe overlooking rooftops of the Tate Modern art gallery, on 13th January 2017 in London, England.
    tate_landscape-01-13-01-2017.jpg
  • Visitors with dogs at Avebury stand outside the site's thatched barn.
    avebury_barn01-27-10-2015.jpg
  • A scaled model of an Airbus jet airliner hangs above a departing passenger who ascends an escalator at Frankfurt airport.
    frankfurt_airport-18-04-2001.jpg
  • One of Arup's 'torso nodes' help support 50 ton tusk rafters to made Heathrow airport's T5 largest free-standing building in UK
    heathrow_airport1265-16-08-2009.jpg
  • A workman bends down while working on a Christian church on the Walworth Road, on 14th September 2017, in London, England.
    ladder_workman-01-13-09-2017.jpg
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