ROOF

ROOF

The roof is part of a building envelope. It is the covering on the uppermost part of a building or shelter.

The characteristics of a roof are dependent upon the purpose of the building that it covers, the available roofing materials and the local traditions of construction, and wider concepts of architectural design and practice.

ROOF STYLES

The varying designs, styles, and shapes of roofs exist and have been created to accommodate the needs of the structure they are covering. Some of the most primary needs that a structure demands from a roof are protection from the weather, overall design compatibility with the existing structure, and housing of internal elements such as piping, electrical wiring, ventilation, and insulation.

1. GABLE ROOF

Gable roof designs are one of the more simple styles when it comes to roofs. The gable roof style looks like an inverted/upside-down V. Gable roofs are not ideal for areas with high wind because they easily can catch the wind much like a sail would.

2.FLAT ROOF

Flat roofs are common, especially with commercial buildings and villas. Flat roofs are definitely the most simple roof to build because they have little to no pitch. The most common types of roofing systems used with flat roofs are rubber roofing systems.

3.HIP ROOF

Hip roofs are a common residential style roof. This type of roof is more difficult to construct when compared to flat roofs and gable roofs because they have a more complicated truss and rafter structure. A hip roof style roof has four sloping sides with zero vertical roof lines/walls. Hip roofs can be both square and rectangular.

4.GAMBREL ROOF

The best way to describe a gambrel roof is by saying the barn roof. The gambrel style roof is most commonly used on barns. However, it is also used in residential construction. This type of roof has the benefit of providing a good amount of space in the attic. In fact, it provides so much extra space that it is often turned into bedrooms or other living areas.

5.DUTCH HIP ROOF

The dutch hip roof is basically a hip roof with a small gable at either end. The gables can be used as ventilation.

6.SHED ROOF

A shed roof is basically a flat roof but has more pitch. It is frequently used for additions to homes or other geometric roof styles.

7.MANSARD ROOF

The mansard roof is a French roof or curb roof and is more difficult to construct than the hip or gable roof. The 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.

8.BUTTERFLY ROOF

The butterfly roof also called as V roof, London roof, is not a roof style that is widely used. This form of roof characterized by an inversion of a standard roof form, with two roof surfaces sloping down from opposing edges to a valley near the middle of the roof
The style provides plenty of light and ventilation but is not effective when it comes to water drainage.

9.WINGED GABLE ROOF

The winged gable roof varies slightly from the traditional gable roof. It varies by extended outwards from the peak of the roof.

10.A-FRAME ROOF

This type of roof is very popular for churches, cottages, homes, and other structures. The roof acts as both the roof and the walls for a structure.

11.FOLDED PLATE ROOF

The folded plate roof has limited use in single-family homes. It looks like a series of small gable roofs placed side by side of each other.

12.HIDDEN ROOF

The hidden roof is a type of roof widely used in Japan both at Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines. It is composed of a true roof above and a second roof beneath. The second roof is visible only from under the eaves and is therefore called a hidden roof

13.BELL ROOF

A Bell roof is a roof form resembling the shape of a bell. Bell roofs may be round, multi-sided, or square.

14.SPIRED ROOF

Pyatthat is the name of a multi-tiered and spired roof commonly found in Burmese royal and Buddhist architecture, especially pagoda compounds, monasteries, and palace buildings

15.TENTED ROOF

A tented roof is a type of polygonal hipped roof with steeply pitched slopes rising to a peak. Tented roofs, a hallmark of medieval religious architecture, were widely used to cover churches with steep, conical roof structures.

16.BARREL ROOF

A barrel roof is a curved roof that, especially from below, is curved like a cut-away barrel. They have some advantages over dome roofs, especially being able to cover rectangular buildings, due to their uniform cross-section.

17.CATENARY ARCH

A catenary arch (also see pointed arch) is an architectural feature, common in cathedrals, and common in Gothic arches used in Gothic architecture

18.DOME ROOF

A dome is an architectural element that resembles the hollow upper half of a sphere

19.ONION DOME ROOF

An onion dome is a dome whose shape resembles an onion. Such domes are often larger in diameter than the drum upon which they sit, and their height usually exceeds their width.

20.CONE ROOF

A conical roof or cone roof is a roof shape, that is circular on plan and rises to terminate in a point, the whole forming a regular cone in shape. They are frequently found on top of towers in medieval town fortifications and castles, where they may either sit directly on the outer wall of the tower (sometimes projecting beyond it to form eaves) or form a superstructure above the fighting platform or terrace of the tower

21.BOCHKA ROOF

Bochka roof or simply bochka is the type of roof in the traditional Russian architecture that has a form of half-cylinder with the elevated and sharpened upper part

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