b'NOVELROOFFOR-CIRCUS-STYLEBUILDING Air conditioning units were setinthe roof section between roof and the parapet wall. , \'"\'.41L-.$ Above: The $15,000 pavilion adjacent to world famed Ringling Museum in Sarasota, Flo., posed problem for roofer with its hexodecogon design. W HENITwasfirstsuggestedthatawhite building.foremanA.P.Knowles:Below-roofsurfacewasdesignedtoresemble snack bar be installed in the 45-acreSaysBray\'socircustent,theRinglingCircus"BigTop". park adjoining the world-famed tourist at "On the parapet wall we used felts mopped traction that is the John Ringling Museumin, then a3-piece combination galvanized of Art in Sarasota,howlsof dismaythatflashing instead of 90 lb. roll, which itis this would assume the horiky-tonk aura ofanerror tousein Florida onaccount of a "hot-dog stand", exploded from this citythe greatamount of expansionandconof the Ringling circustoFlorida\'s legisla traction that goes on with resultant breaks tive halls in the state\'s capitol.in roll roofing. The protests were squelched by appoint "On theother hand, if theunderneath ment of Architect WilliamRupp, hailedwallcracks,you\'vestillgotalight24 recently in architectural media as"one ofgaugeroof.ThereisI-inchfiberglason the nation\'s top young architects." Rupp\'sc of pressedglassinsulationandroof op task was to produce a design which wouldconstructionpermitsdrainoffintoasintieinwith thespanglesandsplendor ofgledrain.Becauseoftheplexiglassskythecircus,onarestrictedbudgetoflight and the 70-foot circumference coni$15,000.cal roof shape, you couldn\'t build a houseThe circular form of concrete-actuallytype ridge because the 18 ribs wouldcrehexadecagon-has a$650roof whichtheate an objectionable shadow line. At every Roofers, Bray of Bradenton, Florida, avow:10feeta poured concrete roof drain slopes "While it is small, it was big in complexi up to the back end of the 3-foot-high roof. ties."On the inside it is6feet high all around In carrying out the circus motif, Archi the outside wall." tectRuppdesignedaconicalroofatopAdded Knowles:"We mounced a stripInside the conical wood roof, with colorful wooddecking(UNIT-DECK),anditof 90lb.roll roofing oneach rib of theceilingdrapesextendstoplasticskylight. contains16 hips and the gothic architec wood decking\'s tongue-and-groove sheathture forms a replica of a circus tent, toppeding, andeachrib runs from eave to sky bottom,nailedthroughtheshinglesinto 0ya plastic bubble for a skylight.light, then cut asphalt shingling of 210 lb.the roof decking,thenplasticcementsa The roof is of 30 lb.felthot-moppedwhite chick, butt together on each rib, andshingle overthe flashing of each unit. in 210 lb. absestos strip shingles followedcemented together in 6 inches of each sideFor a job built at its price, the Pavilion\'s by a white roof coating. A V-type concreteof everyrib.We tiedinandcutmem intimatescale,itstexturalcontrasrsand trough at each of the 16 bays projects out brane stripsto strip out the water drainsthewaytheglassed-inbaysframethe wardsfromthebuilding andservesasaand make them watertight to the wall."outer landscape, make this Howard Johnrun-offforwaterandpreventsitfromThe plexi dome wasframed in an alu son-operated structure an unusually bright running down to deface the wallsof theminum ball having 4-inchflanges on theand cheery dining room. 14JANUARY,1962'