In his column titled Musings of an energy nerd, Martin Holladay claims that every house needs roof overhangs. Now I happen to be a big fan of Martin's writing, and completely agree that we have much ...

After I posted Buildings can be boxy but beautiful if you have a good eye, Commenter Robert asked "Why have overhangs been eschewed?" I eschewed on this for a while and concluded that the answer is ...

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — A roof overhand collapsed Tuesday morning at the same apartment building where another overhang similarly fell down last month, forcing the evacuation of 36 apartments.