Houses With Butterfly Roofs

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Houses with butterfly roofs.

Butterfly roofs are commonly associated in the us with 20th century mid century modern architecture. Of all the different types of roofs that have been popularized over the years the butterfly roof would have to be one of the most interesting ones beloved by architects all over the world. It is so called because its shape resembles a butterfly s wings. In a gable roof you begin with a traditional triangle sloped roof but one gable is slightly longer and melds into an extension of the house with a flat roof.

Aug 4 2017 explore carrie levin s board butterfly roof and windows on pinterest. A butterfly roof sometimes called a v roof is a form of roof characterised 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. Includes a frame bonnet gable hip mansard butterfly valley combination shed and more. Low pitch butterfly roofs are characterized by having a slope of less than 30 degrees and a marina roof has a slightly rounded convex center with two upward facing eaves.

This gallery includes terrific roof design illustrations so you can easily see the differences between types of roofs. A butterfly roof is in essence an inverted gable roof it has a v shape and it slopes down from opposing edges towards the middle either. Feb 11 2019 explore stephen scholl s board butterfly roofs on pinterest.