Unusual Roof Shapes

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Unusual roof shapes.

The unique slope of a butterfly roof provides efficient snow and rainwater management. This is an interesting v shaped roof made of two tandem pieces angled on the outside. The roof s bright teal orange red green tiles make intricate patterns on the rooftop including flowers chevrons and crosses. They re trickier to build but a curved roof will definitely set your house apart from the neighbors and it can lend some subtle shape to the inside ceiling as well.

Tongkonan are the center of torajan social life. Uniform regal and unobtrusive most architects select a plain style of slate roofing that compliments a. The valley in the midsection of the roof allows collection of rainwater making this roof type ideal for high drought areas. In fact hip roofs are an excellent choice for both snowy and high wind regions.

Hip roofs have four sides with slopes of equal length that come together at the top forming a ridge. They stand high on wooden piles topped with a layered split bamboo roof shaped in a sweeping curved arc and they are incised with red black and yellow detailed wood carvings on the exterior walls. It s rather odd looking roof design and is not used much. Inverted curve roof a traditional curved roof slopes down toward the ground but this hyper modern curved roof bends up toward the sky.

Thanks to the inward slope of these four sides hip roofs are sturdier more stable and can last longer than gable roofs. 4 unique slate roofing shape and design inspirations plain. That is a sub variation of hip style but is actually unusual. A functional dormer creates usable space out of the roof adding natural light and headroom.

Although more common than many of the other styles on this list this style is a textured tweak on. It is a window and a roof gabled hipped flat among others protruding from the existing slope of the roof. The butterfly roof is an inverted gable roof. He also added gargoyles and restored other elements of the church to its original gothic style.

The word tongkonan comes from the torajan tongkon to sit. A dormer is more an addition to an existent roof. In 1896 the diamond patterned ceramic roof tiles were added by architect frgyes schulek. Though previously for the 4 sloped roof aka hip roof we depicted that as a pyramid roof.

Like gable roofs hips make use of a ridge but a hip roof will never connect to a wall interface as gable does.