![]() ![]() ![]() "Shed roof" Dictionary of architectural and building technology. Harris dictionary of architecture & construction. The Penny cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Bell roof (bell-shaped, ogee, Philibert de l'Orme roof): A bell-shaped roof.Arched roof, bow roof, Gothic, Gothic arch, and ship's bottom roof.Catenary: An arched roof in the form of a catenary curve.Barrel, barrel-arched (cradle, wagon): A round roof like a barrel (tunnel) vault.Spiral, a steeply pitched spire which twists as it goes up.Helm roof, Rhenish helm: A pyramidal roof with gable ends often found on church towers.Tented: A type of polygonal hipped roof with steeply pitched slopes rising to a peak.Pyatthat: A multi-tiered and spired roof commonly found in Burmese royal and Buddhist architecture.Pyramid roof: A steep hip roof on a square building.For steep tower roof variants use Pyramid roof. Pavilion roof : A low-pitched roof hipped equally on all sides and centered over a square or regular polygonal floor plan.Mokoshi: A Japanese decorative pent roof.Bell-cast (sprocketed, flared): A roof with the shallow slope below the steeper slope at the eaves.Gambrel, curb, kerb: A roof similar to a mansard but sloped in one direction rather than both.An element of the Second Empire architectural style (Mansard style) in the U.S. Mansard (French roof): A roof with the pitch divided into a shallow slope above a steeper slope.Satari: A Swedish variant on the monitor roof a double hip roof with a short vertical wall usually with small windows, popular from the 17th century on formal buildings.Cross hipped: The result of joining two or more hip roof sections together, forming a T or L shape for the simplest forms, or any number of more complex shapes.N–S and E–W) compared to the one pair of direction (e.g. Hip, hipped: A hipped roof is sloped in two pairs of directions (e.g.Hidden roof: A type of Japanese roof construction.Karahafu: A type of gable found in some traditional Japanese buildings.A kink separates the roof into two parts running towards each other at an obtuse angle. Butterfly roof (V-roof, London roof ): A V-shaped roof resembling an open book.Monitor roof: A roof with a monitor 'a raised structure running part or all of the way along the ridge of a double-pitched roof, with its own roof running parallel with the main roof.'.Bonnet roof: A reversed gambrel or Mansard roof with the lower portion at a lower pitch than the upper portion.Saltbox, catslide: A gable roof with one side longer than the other, and thus closer to the ground unless the pitch on one side is altered.Overhanging eaves forming shelter around the building are a consequence where the gable wall is in line with the other walls of the buildings i.e., unless the upper gable is recessed. the opposite arrangement to the half-hipped roof. ![]() Dutch gable, gablet: A hybrid of hipped and gable with the gable (wall) at the top and hipped lower down i.e.Half-hipped (clipped gable, jerkinhead ): A combination of a gable and a hip roof (pitched roof without changes to the walls) with the hipped part at the top and the gable section lower down.See also roof pitch, crow-stepped, corbie stepped, stepped gable: A gable roof with its end parapet walls below extended slightly upwards and shaped to resemble steps.Cross gabled: The result of joining two or more gabled roof sections together, forming a T or L shape for the simplest forms, or any number of more complex shapes.Gable (ridged, dual-pitched, peaked, saddle, pack-saddle, saddleback, span roof ): A simple roof design shaped like an inverted V.Saw-tooth: Multiple single-pitched roofs arrayed in a row, sometimes seen on factories.Shed roof (lean-to, pent roof, skirt roof, outshot, skillion, mono-roof ): A roof with one slope, historically attached to a taller wall.Although referred to as flat they are generally gently pitched. Modern materials which are highly impermeable to water make possible the low-pitch roofs found on large commercial buildings. ![]()
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