Renowned british architects have proposed rebuilding parts of notre dame cathedral that were destroyed by a fire this week with a glass roof and a spire made from crystal.
Spire with glass dome roof.
The 856 year old house of worship in the heart of the french capital paris caught fire on monday night with the blaze quickly tearing through the iconic structure.
The studio eight inc began working with apple in 1999 and later built its flagship stores of white and glass spaces from 2001.
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A cone shaped roof as might be seen atop a circular tower or for a church spire can be constructed in a similar way to the method used for domes.
The chrysler building is an art deco style skyscraper located in the turtle bay neighborhood on the east side of manhattan new york city at the intersection of 42nd street and lexington avenue near midtown manhattan at 1 046 feet 318 9 m the structure was the world s tallest building for 11 months before it was surpassed by the empire state building in 1931.
As for domes it s also possible in principle to smooth the curve a bit using stairs or slabs but this is still fiddly and is not recommended except for practiced builders.
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Lord norman foster arguably britain s most famous modern architect has unveiled a design topping the ancient cathedral with a glass and steel canopy with a featureless glass and steel spire which he describes as a work of art about light which would be contemporary and very spiritual and capture the confident spirit of the time in comments to the times.
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Miysis studio has created an animation showing its vision of a rebuilt notre dame that combines a reconstruction of viollet le duc spire with a modern glass.
We propose to reconstruct the original.
Russia architect alexander nerovnya proposes combining a fully glass roof with a more traditional spire structure.
While the spire would be reconstructed the original 13th century roof would be replaced with a modern structure constructed from a timber and steel frame.
A strengthened industrial glass roof offset by transparent gargoyles saints and spire has been proposed for notre dame by the architects behind the apple store.
Notre dame proposals envision green roof glass spire beam of light.