The 'height' of the ceiling is eight feet. [=the ceiling is eight feet above the floor; the ceiling is eight feet high]
It was 'the height of' stupidity to quit the team. [=it was extremely stupid to quit the team]
He was 'at the height of' his fame when he died. [=he died when he was most famous]
(..) means, uh, something like, - "terrain were the weeds have been pulled." - Is that right? Uh... The... uh, middle section here uh... is... uh, French classical style at its height. Uh... The work, I believe, of... uh, "Louis Vau" (Louis le Vau) - Yes. - Uh...Mansart...I think... - Manzard. (sic.) (..)2011 Midnight in Paris