A bare roof rarely inspires anyone. Cover that same surface with grasses, flowers, and winding paths, and it becomes one of the most striking parts of a building. Living roofs are changing the way ...

Fieldston Power helps apartment buildings install solar panels that they otherwise couldn’t afford—and helps lower electric ...

One of the main roles of any roof is to keep water out, and that’s why flat roofs are prone to problems. Because they have no slope, they can’t effectively discharge rainfall or snow melt. Wherever ...

Once only popular in the commercial market, metal roofs have grown in popularity in recent years on residential projects. Homeowners are demanding durable roofs with minimal maintenance, causing its ...

Condominium buildings with roofs too old or too damaged to qualify for insurance will get some relief — the state’s insurer of last resort has agreed to cover the buildings if certain conditions are ...

An FIU professor has a plan to get rid of the blue tarps that inevitably appear on rooftops after a hurricane. Arindam Gan Chowdhury has patented a concrete roofing system that aims to replace the ...

Years ago, I walked onto the roof of the Palo Alto Research Center. The nondescript beige building in Silicon Valley, known for groundbreaking technology, is the birthplace of the mouse, laser printer ...