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roofscape

British  
/ ˈruːfˌskeɪp /

noun

  1. a view of the rooftops of a town, city, etc

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The building's parapet will be extended and the roofscape will be tidied as part of plans for a rooftop bar overlooking St Andrew Square.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2024

The roofscape represents the native dry land forest.

From New York Times • Sep. 8, 2022

A distinctive crenulated roofscape frames expansive views across the island to nearby Marina Piccola and the Mediterranean, while whitewashed interiors and a heated pool offer spaces for relaxing indoors and out.

From Architectural Digest • May 5, 2014

The novelist William Sansom captured the image of the blitz: "that black London roofscape silhouetted against what was to become a monotonous copper-orange sky".

From The Guardian • Jan. 20, 2013

But moviegoers are getting a bit bugged by that same scummy old roofscape and the eternal kitchen-sinkdrome.

From Time Magazine Archive

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