Lantern Roof Construction

A roof lantern is a daylighting architectural element.

Lantern roof construction. Sponsored by made for trade. They allow for flexibility in wall design and window placement. The korniche aluminium roof lantern engineered and developed by made for trade specifically with the trade and installer at the. Roof lanterns are generally installed above the main roof line.

Atlas roof lanterns let in around three times as much daylight into a room as a classic flat roof window flooding the room with daylight and reducing the need for artificial lighting. Architectural lanterns are part of a larger roof and provide natural light into the space or room below. The square pvc u lantern roof that offers perfectly balanced sight lines and thanks to its simple 4 hip design higher levels of natural light than conventional designs of the same surface area. For every roof lantern we supply we will provide a plan and section drawing detailing the correct measurements for the builder to work to.

We have fabricated them for pool enclosures kitchens sitting rooms libraries stairwells and anywhere that natural light may enhance the aesthetic of your home or business. Think flat roof but with a supporting up stand or kerb and then glass box construction on top. Atlas roof lanterns come in a range of traditional and contemporary styles and are renown for their ease of installation. A lantern roof will generally mean just the roof of a lantern structure in the west but has a special meaning in indian architecture where it means a dome like roof raised by sets of four straight beams placed above each other arranged in diminishing squares and rotated.

Bath bespoke s arkadiusz wojcik using traditional methods to hand craft a timber roof lantern for bath s royal crescent. Glass roof systems and roof lanterns provide the appeal of a traditional conservatory. Obviously written communication with drawings plan and section is absolutely essential in order to ensure good detailing between our roof lanterns and the builder s supporting kerb upstand. Whether you re looking for a natural lighting system that can be incorporated into a glazed structure or as part of conventional construction our lantern roofs are the ideal solution.

Atlas roof lanterns offer a wide range of roof lanterns for your flat roof. They offer state of the art security long lasting durability and performance and a range of frame colours to complement your space. It borrows conservatory roof technology and combines it with a traditional flat roof to create a highly flexible solution which maximizes the flow of light into pre existing and new rooms. The roof lantern is a hybrid roof solution.

Crafted using accoya timber.