The Importance of Roof Maintenance and Surveys after Prolonged Closure
Roof systems are arguably the most vulnerable parts of any building exteriors. Today, energy efficiency has become the crucial goal of most roofing designs. Unlike traditional roofing purposes, roofs are now expected to perform functions beyond merely providing waterproof surfaces on the top of buildings. Roofs have become integrated components of complex building envelope systems, including the structural, masonry, windows, walls, and foundation components, all combined to provide energy-efficient, waterproof envelopes.
[…]Inside Trump's New Architectural Order
President Donald Trump of the USA signed an executive order yesterday titled "Promoting Beautiful Federal Civic Architecture" requiring all new federal buildings inside the nation's capital of Washington D.C. to be "beautiful". Beauty is of course a subjective matter, so what this means in practice is that they be built in the neoclassical style, an architectural style modelled after ancient Greek and Roman temples.
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