mansard - a hip roof having two slopes on each side
mansard roof
curb roof - a roof with two or more slopes on each side of the ridge ...
Mansard roof
A roof with two slopes, the lower almost vertical to allow extra roof space for the attic rooms ...
Mansard Roof
Picture Dictionary of Roof Styles: Mansard or French Style Roof
The Second Empire style Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington DC has a high mansard roof.
mansard
A roof type with two slopes on each of the four sides, the lower slope being steeper than the other; capped off with a cupola, typically Victorian.
mansard roof ...
Mansard Roof
a roof with two slopes. Often it is flat on top.
Shingles
small, flat pieces of wood which are used to cover the roof in order to protect the house. Sometimes they look like fish scales.
Mansard Roof - A type of curb roof in which the pitch of the upper portion of a sloping side is slight and that of the lower portion steep. The lower portion is usually interrupted by dormer windows.
mansard roof - A roof having two slopes on all sides, the lower is much steeper than the upper. Often includes dormer windows.
modillions - Ornamental blocks or brackets used to support the corona in the Corinthian orders ...
mansard:
a roof having two slopes on all four sides with the lower slope almost vertical, and the upper almost horizontal ...
MANSARD ROOF: named after the French architect Francois Mansart (1598-1666); a double slope roof with the lower slope being longer and steeper, with a concave curve. Can be sloped on all four sides or just two sides (front and back). (IMAGE) ...
MANSARD ROOF A roof with a double slope " the lower is longer and sleeper.
(illustration from Hussey's National Cottage Architecture 1874)
MERLON The raised part of an indented parapet or battlement.
Mansard Roof - A hip roof in which each face has two slopes, the lower one steeper than the upper.
Modillion - A small ornamental bracket, usually scroll-shaped at an eave.
mansard roof A roof that has a double slope, with the lower slope steeper and longer than the upper one; a gambrel roof. Named after the seventeenth-century French architect François Mansart.
Mansard A roof made with slopes of different pitches, usually providing an upper floor of useable space within a roof structure.
Mastic A generic term for any sealant used in the building process.
mansard roof: a pitched roof of two sections with different slopes, which provides greater space within the roof.
Manueline style: the rich Late Gothic style of Portugal named after King Manuel I (1495-1521).
Mansard
Named after François Mansart (1598-1666), and popularised by his son Jules Hardoin Mansart, an architect who worked for Louis XIV around 1700, this roof is almost flat on the top section and then has deeply sloping, often curved, ...
Mansard
- a roof with a double slope in which the top part is shallower.
mansard roof which permits full use of top floor space and eliminates sloping ceilings of gable roof
irregular building outline
sometimes includes decorative iron cresting on roof tops ...
Mansard Roof - Double pitched roof in which lower pitch is nearly vertical and upper is nearly horizontal
Mezzanine - Partial story between two main stories; usually projects as a balcony ...
mansard A roof having a double slope on all four sides, the lower slope being much steeper. In rowhouse design, a double-sloped roof on the building front, below a flat roof.
MANSARD ROOF - This roof is flat on top, sloping steeply down on its sides, thus appearing to enclose the top storey, usually tiled.
MANTLEPIECE - The wood, brick, stone or marble frame surrounding a fireplace.
Mansard Roof
Slight eave overhang with brackets
Arched top dormers
Square towers
Roof-top cupolas
Pilasters to sides of doors (may have pediment)
Chamfered porch supports
Full-width one-story porch or partial (often inset in L) porch ...
Louver Vent An opening fitted with a series of sloping slats arranged to admit light and air but shed rain.M
Mansard A roof type with two slopes on each of the four sides, the lower slope being steeper than the other; capped off with a cupola, ...
Malthoid A bituminous membrane for covering low roofs or floors in the inter war period Mansard-roof Double-pitched roof sloping from ridge to eaves on 2 sides, ...
Mansard: roof with a double slope, the lower slope being larger and steeper than the upper.
The following members have special names:
Rafter: roof-timber sloping up from the wall plate to the ridge.
A main characteristic of Second Empire is the Mansard roof (double pitched hip roof). It is named for Parisian architect, Francois Mansart (1598-1666), noted for his introduction of a simplified Baroque style to France.
Of other examples, the domes of the Invalides in Paris, by Mansard (1706), and of the Pantheon by Soufflot (173 5), have each three shells, the former having a graceful outline.
The French Second Empire style is named after the Mansard-roofed buildings of France constructed during Napoleon III's Second Empire in the third quarter of the 19th century.
Roof Types - Style and shape of roofs - gable, gambrel, hip, mansard, shed, flat, butterfly, salt-box.
Rough Opening - The frame wall opening to receive a door or window unit.
Rough Sill - The bottom rail of a window rough opening.
Roof Types
Gable, Hipped, Mansard, Shed, Saltbox, Pyramidal, Gambrel, Flat
Shingles
Chisel, Diamond, Fishscale, Octagon, Sawtooth, Square Butt ...
ROOF Roofs can be steep, flat or gently sloped and take many forms, gable, gambrel, hipped, stepped gable, shed, pent or Mansard. The roof type is an important key to identifying the style of a building.
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hipped - a roof with four uniformly pitched or sloping sides
jerkinhead - a gable roof with a hipped end
mansard - two slopes on each of its four sides; one part very steep and curved, often with dormers ...
is sometimes called Artisan Mannerism, because master masons and other craftsmen were its chief exponents.Manometer towerA tower containing a column of water to regulate pressure in water mains. Also called a standpipe tower.Mansard ...
Mansard Roof - pitched roof which has, on each side, a shallower upper slope and a steeper lower slope.
Mortar - mixture of sand, cement, water and sometimes lime used to join stones, blocks or bricks.
 See also: House, Architecture, Mansard roof, Gable, Pitch
  
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