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barrel roof
(redirected from Tented roof)

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barrel roof [′bar·əl ‚rüf]
(building construction)
A roof of semicylindrical section; capable of spanning long distances parallel to the axis of the cylinder.


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The tented roof is divided into a grid of 25 x II m bays.
With its slatted timber hull and translucent tented roof, Hungary's pavilion is like a great ark beached on the foreign shores of Expo.
But whereas the gallery was enclosed by steel-framed glass, the church has walls of clear plastic louvres and a tented roof of white teflon-coated fabric.
 
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