http://www.sitebits.com/news/ Santiago Calatrava: News and Reviews en Copyright &copy; 1999-2008 Gromco, Inc. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:33:47 EST Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:22:00 EDT info@sitebits.com info@sitebits.com Retractable roofs have been architects' <i>idée fixe</i> for decades. <a href="http://www.sitebits.com/people/moshe_safdie.html">Moshe Safdie</a> once wrote up an idea for entire neighborhoods shielded by such roofs during the harsh season and open to the elements when it's nice outside. <br/><br/> The path to these dreams' realization has been fraught with difficulties, from budget overruns to full-blown engineering disasters like Montreal's Olympic Stadium (after a decade of efforts to fix it, the city finally gave up and installed a fixed roof in its place. It won't be moving any time soon). <br/><br/> Nevertheless, projects like that pop up again and again. And so do the difficulties. The latest example is <a href="http://www.sitebits.com/people/santiago_calatrava.html">Santiago Calatrava</a>'s project for the Lower Manhattan Transportation Hub. Among the project's many innovative features was a retractable roof. But will there be one in the final implementation? Slavito http://www.sitebits.com/2008/calatrava_transit_hub_roof_gets_stuck.html Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:22:00 EDT