“Restoring a roof involves removing old zinc sheets, measuring and custom-cutting new pieces with a Parisian folding machine, and assembling them onto the roof,” UNESCO noted in its citation ...

From before sunrise to after sunset, in slippery winters and scorching summers, the roof restorers of Paris toil away, replacing the zinc sheets that help define the city’s famous skyline.

The UN's cultural organisation on Wednesday added the skills of Parisian zinc roofers and ornamentalists ... as city-dwellers complain that the metal roofs trap too much heat in the summer.

Architecture studio Proctor & Shaw has topped a home extension with a steeply-angled roof clad with red pigmented zinc in East Dulwich, London. Home to a family of seven, Proctor & Shaw designed ...

The Zinc Roof Restorers of Paris Now Have UNESCO Cultural Heritage Recognition PARIS (AP) — From before sunrise to after sunset, in slippery winters and scorching summers, the roof restorers of ...