Michael Jordan made an appearance during halftime to officially announce the football team’s partnership with Jordan Brand at the Duke vs. UNC game Saturday, March 4, 2017 in Chapel Hill. While telling the football team the new heights it can reach, Jordan said, “The ceiling is the roof.”

Is the roof and the ceiling the same thing?

If you consider the terms “ceiling” and “roof” being limited in application to buildings or like structures (such as caves) only, then: Ceiling is the uppermost covering wall in any room inside the building. Roof is the other side of the ceiling, outside the house.

Why did Jordan say the ceiling is the roof?

Jordan was talking up the football team’s future and probably meant to say that the sky was the limit. Instead of that, though, he said “The Ceiling is the Roof” and that was all anyone needed to hear.

What do you call windows on the ceiling?

A window in the ceiling of a house can be referred to as a roof window, rooflight or skylight, and although there are differences between each term, they are often used interchangeably.

What is glass roof called?

A skylight (sometimes called a rooflight) is a light-permitting structure or window, usually made of transparent or translucent glass, that forms all or part of the roof space of a building for daylighting and ventilation purposes.

What is dormer roof?

dormer, in architecture, a vertical window that projects from a sloping roof and usually illuminates a bedroom. The term derives from the Latin dormitorium, “sleeping room.” Dormers are set either on the face of the wall or high upon the roof, and their roofs may be gabled, hipped, flat, or with one slope.

What is a glass roof?

Glass roofs are one of the most effective ways of getting natural light into a space. By offering a portal to the sky from directly above (rather than at a horizontal angle, as with a window), glass roofs flood interior spaces with natural light.