Staircases in each of the five bedrooms lead up to a roof terrace, which encases a Jacuzzi, life-size chess board and dining area.

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The one-night event combines live music with food from some of their favourite Paris restaurants, and will take place at new roof terrace bar, Nuba, overlooking the Seine.

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Several hotels loom over it, such as the recently renovated Shangri-La, which has Asian design touches in the rooms and all-harbor views, and the also recently renovated InterContinental, which has a new presidential floor incorporating an outdoor roof terrace.

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The Terrass Hotel has a roof-terrace bar on its seventh floor, called, somewhat unsurprisingly, The 7th.

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On a sunny afternoon last summer, Armani visited the half-constructed suites and roof-terrace spa of his hotel in Milan, which opened in November.

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And amidst it all, rising from the dust, our house, its roof now on and a terrace slowly taking shape.

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Law firm Olswang has signed up to the project and has a bee hive on its roof and another on a terrace in Holborn.

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The demolition work started at roof level on the dormer window of the house at 7 Aelfleda Terrace where contractors used a cherry-picker to start by hand.

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