2 cool "alternative" stone roofs I have seen, the marble roof on the cathedral in Milan and the limestone roof on the dome of the Brooklyn Museum. However, these are pitched stone slabs not shingles. Come to think of it, I have also seen shale used as roofing on the Museum of the City of New York. I believe this was not the designer's intention and I would not try this at home!
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From: Leland Torrence [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 08:09 AM Eastern Standard Time
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Subject: Re: [BP] my wonderful Junebug
Book and Snake at Yale, has a marble roof. Each "shingle" ways between four
and six hundred pounds. Other than making the building look like an
overgrown jewelry box or as intended tomb, it does not make for the most
practical roof. Excellent ballast, but makes replacement of the
underlayments expensive.
Best,
Leland
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Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 5:48 AM
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In a message dated 7/15/2008 8:58:35 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
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Yupp... English limestone. No longer quarried.
What is advantage of limestone as shingle? yrs Christopher
As far as I know nearly zero advantage. I vaguely remember at one time
attending a presentation on the British use of limestone for roof shingling.
It goes to the vernacular of people building with what they have at hand,
and then architects taking off from there to build something out of hand.
The only thing I caught from the lecture was that there is a shortage of the
material for restoration of roofs and something about them salvaging shingle
material from a duck pond. Otherwise it seems to come about through salvage
from other structures. I believe the only other time I have seen it is on a
small structure at Ford's Greenfield Village. Phipps, as I understand, was
replicating an English manor house. From the looks of it to me the limestone
shingles are not holding up too well to our Long Island acid rain. Repairing
it, or mucking it, with hard Portland mortars by well meaning persons
probably does not help. Possibly it could make a good materials science
study for a Columbia student. Beside that the 80 acres of garden are simply
awesome, that is, if you like flowers and trees.
It is the roof of this house that is limestone shingled:
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