Metal hits the roof

By Dan Fox 1999-07-01T00:00:00

Many of the 1990s' most acclaimed projects owe their signatures to either exotic alloys such as titanium, or mass-produced materials like aluminium and steel. With sales of metal roofing systems at 25 times their 1960 level, this report asks whether the metal roof is poised to be the next big ...

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