Sep 17 2015 mansard roof is also known as a french roof or curb roof is a four sided gambrel style hip roof characterized by two slopes on each of its side.
Paris mansard roof apartment.
An eclectic apartment under the mansard roof of an alpine building.
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Well the roof particularly defines the form of art rather than just making an architectural design for functionality.
A mansard or mansard roof also called a french roof or curb roof is a four sided gambrel style hip roof characterized by two slopes on each of its sides with the lower slope punctured by dormer windows at a steeper angle than the upper.
The mansard roof is a four sided gambrel esque hip roof that can be recognized by the two separate slopes on each of its sides.
You may not see such roofing style in most traditional homes but they can be easily found in barn houses and similar modern places.
Compared to a standard gable roof or hip roof mansard roofs offer significantly more attic space due to the almost vertical bottom slope.
What are the advantages of using a mansard roof.
The mansard roof is a combination of gambrel and hip roof.
17th arrondissement of paris france top view paris france.
Haussmannian building in the heart of paris with decorative stonework wrought iron balconies and a slate mansard roof.
After the initial popularity the mansard roof was revived during the re building of paris and became an extremely fashionable feature in architecture for most of the buildings during the second empire 1852 1870 a period during the rule of napolean iii.
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Situated under the mansard roof of a building in vipiteno south tyrol this loft apartment takes advantage of its unusual layout and orientation in a rather simple but not entirely unexpected way.
The apartment was renovated by jeb studio using wood as the primary material.
Paris rooftops in summer with their roof gardens mansard and french roofs.
The steep roof with windows creates an additional floor of habitable space a garret and reduces the overall height of the roof for a given number of.