skylight

They act as deep coffers for the inset skylights, recalling Kahn’s Yale museum, while their V-shaped section gives them a central channel in which the mechanical systems are concealed, performing their duties unseen.

The skylight was usually secured by an alarm but that had been deactivated while the roof was being mended.

Thanks to the high ceilings and a new skylight, the attic now floods the center of the living room below with natural light.

Family members broke down the door to her room but were stopped by flames and thick smoke while skylights into the room had also been nailed shut.

Inside, skylights cut into the rounded ceiling suggest a fuselage bathed in daylight.