Sentences with phrase «roof is glass»

Even the roof is glass — smart glass, in this case — that can be electronically shaded.

The entire roof is glass.

Or perhaps build some kind of «green» home with roses on top of the roof, and the ceiling is steel and are all glass from floor up to the roof (even the roof is glass), solar powered... Blah, blah, blah.

Not exact matches

It is a 20 - foot - high glass cylinder that is 165 feet in diameter and has a metallic carbon - fiber roof.

Panoramic sunroofs are an impressive feat of engineering — a large pane of glass curved to the roof's aerodynamic contours and usually made of tempered glass, for its strength without added weight.

The fact the roof is half glass instead of a quarter glass or no glass doesn't change the responsibility of the industry and the individual automaker to make sure the compartment is as safe as possible,» he says, adding, «The concern has to be for safety first, and then the aesthetics.»

It's sheathed in curved glass with a solar roof, and the main cafe, along with a four - story sliding glass door, is fronted by the single largest piece of curved glass in the world.

The solar roof is offered in four beautiful styles - Textured Glass Tile, Slate Glass Tile, Tuscan Glass Tile, and Smooth Glass Tile - to complement a variety of architectural styles.

The glass - roofed interior feels like a mini-atrium, and the touch screen is bright and intuitively laid out.

The solar cell is embedded in a glass tile, which is then installed like a traditional shingle or tile on the roof.

Audi will be pairing with Altra Devices, a Chinese photovoltaic cell developer, to produce solar energy - capturing glass roofs for the luxury car brand...

Being constructed from tempered glass, the tiles are pretty durable too, capable of surviving impacts that would otherwise compromise traditional roof materials like terracotta and slate.

The company will eventually ramp production of the glass solar roof tile at Gigafactory 2 which is expected to be the dominant product at the facility.

The glass solar roof tiles were being manufactured in Tesla's Fremont factory at the time, a facility that is, while capable, unable to produce tiles on the same pace and scale as Gigafactory 2.

He pointed to where a glass roof panel will be removed and a 45 - foot fig tree will be lifted by crane into one of the spheres, one of 40 to 50 trees that will be installed.

The spokesperson adds that some of the work that had been done on the metal Steel Pulse concept was transferable to the glass version, and that the current prototype of Solar Roof includes metal components.

A spokesperson for Tesla and SolarCity explains that the companies had been pursuing both a metal and a glass version for much of 2016, and that «Steel Pulse was a potential version of Solar Roof.»

Somehow, over the next few months, teams at SolarCity, Tesla, and 3M (which makes solar films that can be used for solar glass tiles) managed to put together a glass - tile solar roof demo, which Musk unveiled on October 28 at an event at Universal Studios» back lot in Los Angeles, on an old residential set used in Desperate Housewives.

The solar roof is offered in four beautiful styles — Textured Glass Tile, Slate Glass Tile, Tuscan Glass Tile, and Smooth Glass Tile — to complement a variety of architectural styles.

We've run some numbers and determined that a textured glass tile Solar Roof should cost no more than $ 73,500, installed, to be competitive with an asphalt rRoof should cost no more than $ 73,500, installed, to be competitive with an asphalt roofroof.

Tesla's Solar Roof tiles would be made of glass over a photovoltaic substrate.

It can be assumed that this incredible glass could be related to Tesla's nearly indestructible Solar Roof glass development.

Designed by architect Suzane Reatig, the church is composed of two elements: an L - shaped, solid masonry wing for offices, administrative services, a kitchen, a library and a chapel, and a rectangular glass and steel box with a barrel - vaulted roof for the main sanctuary, wrapped by the masonry L - shaped building on two sides.

Glass is flying, the front windshield and the roof are coming in on you... you smell fresh air and fresh blood.

Much of the seating for up to 300 guests is on the spacious rooftop patio, which is topped with a retractable glass roof for dining.

The Downers Grove Park District is looking into the feasibility of a $ 33 million aquatic center that would include a stained - glass, retractable roof and would be open year - round.

Even as cleanup from this summer's devastating storm continues, fundraising to permanently replace the damaged glass roofs is under way.

DOWNERS GROVE — The Downers Grove Park District is looking into the feasibility of a $ 33 million aquatic center that would include a stained - glass, retractable roof and would be open year - round.

Among the specifics in the redesign plan are new flooring and furniture in the terminal building, a regional aviation history museum, new exterior facade that will allow natural light in the passenger drop off area, a glass pedestrian bridge from the parking garage and a cold weather green roof.

In addition, a new Regional Aviation History Museum, glass pedestrian bridge, and eco-friendly roof will be built along with new flooring and furniture to provide a welcoming atmosphere for travelers from across the world.»

In a greenhouse sunlight — which is made up of different wavelengths, some of which are in the visible and infrared spectrum — shines through the transparent glass or plastic roof and walls.

Much fun, too, is had at the expense of Washington's staffers and politicos, gasping for breath in grandiose, cast - iron, glass - roofed buildings in a city that was, according to legend, a hardship post for foreign diplomats because it was located «at the bottom of a topographical saucer where moist and motionless air settles with smothering compression».

The Residencia is a futuristic building where the observatory staff live and work, built partly underground and with a 35 - metre - wide glass dome in the roof.

The glass - roofed connector between the buildings will evoke the appearance of the classic Lord and Burnham greenhouses that used to occupy the area where the new addition is being built.

Some nights I go to the roof with a glass of wine and soak in how incredible and unique this place is.

From the cellar to the roof, the Jack Rose Dining Saloon is a hard - liner on the issue of drinking excellence and serves up uncompromising quality in every glass.

The film's striking images — an isolated gothic mansard - roofed mansion standing alone on the prairie, the dark silhouette of a scarecrow in the field, an enlarged shoot of grain coming up through the soil, a grasshopper chomping a head of wheat, a wine glass under water following a furtive tryst — are charged with emotion and meaning, never there just for effect.

(I had my own moment of slight unreality when I glimpsed, on the roof of the Palazzo del Cinema, the glass - boxed room in which the competition jury, led by Annette Bening and including Rebecca Hall and Edgar Wright, were conferring like the gods on Mount Olympus.)

You can't hide anything from your siblings though and once the two are back under the same roof it's only inevitable that this glass house will come smashing down around them.

This time around, it can be fitted with a variable - tint glass roof named Magic Sky Control.

Being a roadster, it boasts a folding hard - top as standard, while there's a host of open - air gadgetry, with «airscarf» neck heating, climatised seats and «magic sky control» — a glass roof that can be tinted or lightened at the touch of a button — optional.

But the Vista Roof, which covers the entire seating area with glass panels and power sunshades, is a cheery option.

The metal roof panel could well be painted black to blend with the backlight and forward roof glass.

Although the R is generally quite well equipped, you still need to pay extra for the neat glass roof, a navigation system, and such street - cred enhancing goodies as the full carbon - fiber pack and dark gray 20 - inch alloy wheels.

«The wind roar coming from the panoramic glass roof is so intrusive at highway speeds that I could barely converse with my passenger,» reported associate web editor Jake Holmes.

Doors and side glass are redesigned to fit into the bodyside instead of wrapping up into the roof.

The dramatic design is capped by an opening, panoramic glass roof.

If the water is not at window level, break the glass and exit out the passenger window or sun roof.

Total curb weight should be around 3300 lbs, thanks to use of aluminum in the chassis, the body, and the roof (a carbon - fiber or a glass roof are optional).

The extensive list of extras is almost as thick as the Stuttgart Yellow Pages and includes an even wider choice of chairs and wheels, a variety of trim packs, myriad leathers, carbon - fiber bling inside and out, matte paint, and roof panels made of tinted glass or lacquered carbon weave.