The term gable refers to the triangular shape that is formed when the two pitched areas of your.
Old roof styles.
Circular bell roof bell shaped ogee philibert de l orme roof.
Today mansard style roofs are occasionally used in one and two story apartment buildings restaurants and neo eclectic houses.
These houses often had slate roofs which might be ornamented with multi color slates arranged in patterns.
The roof might be straight sided convex or concave and broken by dormers.
Decorative iron roof cresting goes hand in hand with the style.
In the united states second empire or mansard was a victorian style popular from the 1860s through the 1880s.
Onion dome or rather an imperial roof.
Conical roof or cone roof.
The pale gray metal finish on this standing seam roof offers a welcome contrast to the textured.
It s steep pointed roof which extends all the way to the ground or close to the ground.
De l orme also used bow roofs see below.
The a frame is very easy to identify.
Bow roof rainbow gothic gothic arch and ship s bottom roof.
Scalloped copper shingles follow the tight curves of this conical roof.
Turret top left.
Most flat roofs are not really 100 flat but rather they are low sloped roofs that appear flat but have a little.
Historically also called a compass roof.
Compare with bell cast eaves.