In 1418 the town fathers of Florence finally addressed a monumental problem they’d been ignoring for decades: the enormous hole in the roof of their ... of how to build a dome nearly 150 feet ...

So with the help of a few friends to erect the finished dome, he set about realising his ambition by building a 9.1 metre diameter structure ... assemble it from the roof downwards.

You saved a lot of money building this dome with concrete. But remember: concrete is very heavy. About halfway down the curve of the dome, the weight of the structure is pushing the sides outward ...

The canopy roof was designed with an innovative snow melt system that will keep the roof from collapsing under the snow's ...

A soaring dome, dominating the building and richly adorned and finished with ... Thanks to modern technology, the structures used to support ancient roofs, such as pillars and columns of poles which ...

A funding request for a plan to redevelop an iconic mid-century building on Route 66 will be reviewed by a city committee ...