Skylight
noun
A window on a roof that allows light from the sky to enter a building.
He installed a skylight in his bedroom ceiling to let in more natural light.
Often appears as...
- install a skylight
- skylight window
noun
A window on a roof that allows light from the sky to enter a building.
He installed a skylight in his bedroom ceiling to let in more natural light.
Often appears as...
- install a skylight
- skylight window
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Pro Tip 1/3Light Source
Emphasize skylights as sources of natural daylight in a room or space.
The room was bright, thanks to the newly added skylight.
Pro Tip 2/3Architectural Feature
Understand skylights as architectural elements that can enhance the aesthetics of a building.
The architects included a skylight to complement the modern design of the house.
Pro Tip 3/3Energy Efficiency
Skylights can reduce dependence on artificial lighting, cutting down energy costs.
To save on electricity, they installed a skylight in the living room.
Pro Tip 1/3Light Source
Emphasize skylights as sources of natural daylight in a room or space.
The room was bright, thanks to the newly added skylight.
Pro Tip 2/3Architectural Feature
Understand skylights as architectural elements that can enhance the aesthetics of a building.
The architects included a skylight to complement the modern design of the house.
Pro Tip 3/3Energy Efficiency
Skylights can reduce dependence on artificial lighting, cutting down energy costs.
To save on electricity, they installed a skylight in the living room.
Pro Tip 1/3Light Source
Emphasize skylights as sources of natural daylight in a room or space.
The room was bright, thanks to the newly added skylight.
Pro Tip 2/3Architectural Feature
Understand skylights as architectural elements that can enhance the aesthetics of a building.
The architects included a skylight to complement the modern design of the house.
Pro Tip 3/3Energy Efficiency
Skylights can reduce dependence on artificial lighting, cutting down energy costs.
To save on electricity, they installed a skylight in the living room.
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Video examples
The Titanic's Guggenheim...
Actually, the visibility is better looking down. Yes it is. There's the Marconi room, one of the windows, one of the skylights. VICTOR Oh, let's see here. Before searching for the remains of the Guggenheim state rooms, the team films additional footage of other important features for later analysis, including the area around the captain's quarters.
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Hangout in an Ancient...
part of the reason we might be losing him is their cable might be a little bit loose so I'm gonna tell them to hold onto their cable a little bit alright so this would be great so we're gonna get in there we're gonna get him to you know show us around we'll take a good look at that pyramid back up at the skylight and
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From pacifist to spy:...
sold her address to the Gestapo. Noor refused to give away any information, focusing instead on her escape. Secreting a screwdriver away from the guards, they were able to loosen a skylight and slip out into the night. But just as the prisoners began to run for their lives, an air raid siren alerted her captors.
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Quyen Nguyen:...
And if you look at historical pictures of the early operating rooms, they have been on top of buildings. For example, this is the oldest operating room in the Western world, in London, where the operating room is actually on top of a church with a skylight coming in.
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John Doerr: Seeking...
The three biggest uses of energy in a store are heating and air conditioning, then lighting, and then refrigeration. So, look what they did. They painted the roofs of all their stores white. They put smart skylights through their stores
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Stunning Cave...
of the cave. Because we might never return, who knows. And at this point in the cave, the underground world meets the surface world. You basically walk out into one of those simas, one of those skylights but from below.
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John Hardy: My green...
It's something you should think about doing. Not many things didn't work. The beautiful canvas and rubber skylights got eaten by the sun in six months. We had to replace them with recyclable plastic.
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Moshe Safdie: What makes...
Every wall, every concrete wall is resisting the stresses and supporting the building. Every piece of the building works. These are the galleries with the light coming in through the skylights,
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Frank Gehry: From 1990,...
with a couple of skylights and stuff. And from the building in the back, you see it as an iceberg floating by in the hills. I know I'm over time.
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The best kindergarten...
A monkey trying to fish another monkey from above. Monkeys. And each classroom has at least one skylight.
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The Titanic's Guggenheim...
Actually, the visibility is better looking down. Yes it is. There's the Marconi room, one of the windows, one of the skylights. VICTOR Oh, let's see here. Before searching for the remains of the Guggenheim state rooms, the team films additional footage of other important features for later analysis, including the area around the captain's quarters.
Video examples
Hangout in an Ancient...
part of the reason we might be losing him is their cable might be a little bit loose so I'm gonna tell them to hold onto their cable a little bit alright so this would be great so we're gonna get in there we're gonna get him to you know show us around we'll take a good look at that pyramid back up at the skylight and
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From pacifist to spy:...
sold her address to the Gestapo. Noor refused to give away any information, focusing instead on her escape. Secreting a screwdriver away from the guards, they were able to loosen a skylight and slip out into the night. But just as the prisoners began to run for their lives, an air raid siren alerted her captors.
Video examples
Quyen Nguyen:...
And if you look at historical pictures of the early operating rooms, they have been on top of buildings. For example, this is the oldest operating room in the Western world, in London, where the operating room is actually on top of a church with a skylight coming in.
Video examples
John Doerr: Seeking...
The three biggest uses of energy in a store are heating and air conditioning, then lighting, and then refrigeration. So, look what they did. They painted the roofs of all their stores white. They put smart skylights through their stores
Video examples
Stunning Cave...
of the cave. Because we might never return, who knows. And at this point in the cave, the underground world meets the surface world. You basically walk out into one of those simas, one of those skylights but from below.
Video examples
John Hardy: My green...
It's something you should think about doing. Not many things didn't work. The beautiful canvas and rubber skylights got eaten by the sun in six months. We had to replace them with recyclable plastic.
Video examples
Moshe Safdie: What makes...
Every wall, every concrete wall is resisting the stresses and supporting the building. Every piece of the building works. These are the galleries with the light coming in through the skylights,
Video examples
Frank Gehry: From 1990,...
with a couple of skylights and stuff. And from the building in the back, you see it as an iceberg floating by in the hills. I know I'm over time.
Video examples
The best kindergarten...
A monkey trying to fish another monkey from above. Monkeys. And each classroom has at least one skylight.
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Quote examples
Debi Gliori
Scottish Writer
Despite the fact the studio looks out of five windows onto a picture perfect view of sky, hills and wide open spaces, I work with my blinds firmly drawn, daylight filtered through their white canvas, a painterly northern light falling through two big skylights above my table, and nothing visible outside to distract me.
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Seph Lawless
American Photographer
Strangely enough, as I explored these abandoned malls, I found myself acting like a kid all over again. At times jumping up on to nearby fountain ledges trying to balance myself as I became mesmerized all over again by the futuristic skylights that dangled fearlessly over my head.
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Tom Robbins
American Author
In fiction, when you paint yourself into a corner, you can write a pair of suction cups onto the bottoms of your shoes and walk up the wall and out the skylight and see the sun breaking through the clouds. In nonfiction, you don't have that luxury.
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Peter Falk
American Actor
I'm old fashioned. I really think you should know how to draw before you start painting. I use charcoal and graphite; I put a skylight in. In my house, I turned the garage into an art studio. So I'm awash in art studios.
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Santiago Calatrava
Spanish Architect
It is very important to visit the Oculus at a moment in which the skylight is open. Through the enormous 240′ x 20′ opening, we are framing a piece of Manhattan's sky.
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Jim Parsons
American Actor
Once, I lived in an apartment with a skylight in the bathroom. Every winter, it would snow through the skyline, but we got a discount because of it.
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Ellsworth Kelly
American Artist
I did not want windows, only skylights. I chose my painting wall as it has the best morning light.
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Steven Wright
American Comedian
I installed a skylight in my apartment... the people who live above me are furious!
Quote examples
Debi Gliori
Scottish Writer
Despite the fact the studio looks out of five windows onto a picture perfect view of sky, hills and wide open spaces, I work with my blinds firmly drawn, daylight filtered through their white canvas, a painterly northern light falling through two big skylights above my table, and nothing visible outside to distract me.
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Seph Lawless
American Photographer
Strangely enough, as I explored these abandoned malls, I found myself acting like a kid all over again. At times jumping up on to nearby fountain ledges trying to balance myself as I became mesmerized all over again by the futuristic skylights that dangled fearlessly over my head.
Quote examples
Tom Robbins
American Author
In fiction, when you paint yourself into a corner, you can write a pair of suction cups onto the bottoms of your shoes and walk up the wall and out the skylight and see the sun breaking through the clouds. In nonfiction, you don't have that luxury.
Quote examples
Peter Falk
American Actor
I'm old fashioned. I really think you should know how to draw before you start painting. I use charcoal and graphite; I put a skylight in. In my house, I turned the garage into an art studio. So I'm awash in art studios.
Quote examples
Santiago Calatrava
Spanish Architect
It is very important to visit the Oculus at a moment in which the skylight is open. Through the enormous 240′ x 20′ opening, we are framing a piece of Manhattan's sky.
Quote examples
Jim Parsons
American Actor
Once, I lived in an apartment with a skylight in the bathroom. Every winter, it would snow through the skyline, but we got a discount because of it.
Quote examples
Ellsworth Kelly
American Artist
I did not want windows, only skylights. I chose my painting wall as it has the best morning light.
Quote examples
Steven Wright
American Comedian
I installed a skylight in my apartment... the people who live above me are furious!
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