Roof-arific

Gable Roof
1) 2 sloping sides
2) Made differently for different climate conditions
3) Worst for hurricane regions

Hip Roof

1) All sides slope down to the walls

2) Two triangular sides and two trapezoidal one

3) All sides have the same pitch(slope)

Flat Roof

1) H

orizontal or nearly horizontal

2) F

lat roofs would use a tar and gravel based surface

3) N

o attic space

Shed Roof

1) 

A flat roof that slopes in one direction

2) M

ay lean against another wall or building

3) 

Also known as lean- to roof

Butterfly Roof

1) 

Two surfaces that rise from the center to the eaves with a valley in the center

2) R

esembles the wings of a butterfly

3) Not good for rainy areas

Gambrel Roof

1) T

wo-sided roof with two slopes on each side

2) First slope is gentle and second is rather steep

3) G

ambrel is a curb gable roof

Saltbox Roof

1) Roof on angle, one side is longer than other

2) Little attic space

3) 

Dutch Hip Roof

1)

 Roof with a small gable at the top of a hip roof

2) R

educed available attic space

3) good in colder climates

Mansard Roof

1) 

 Steep sides and a double pitch

2) Commonly seen on barns

3) 

the mansard is a curb hip roof

A-Frame Roof

1) Not built for stormy areas

2) Good attic space

3) Commonly used by a lake side

Floor Plan/Elevation views

Bay and Gable

Characteristics: 

         1) V

ery long and narrow lots 

         2) 

High ceilings and large windows 

         3) S

teep roofs and sharp vertical lines

Bungalow

Characteristics: 

         1) 

low-rise (single, or one-and-a-half story)

         2) 

living areas are on a single story

         3) Costs more to construct than 2 story houses

Castle

Characteristics: 

         1) Very Large, fortified structure

         2) Made of stone

         3) more than 3 stories

 Deck House

Characteristics: 

         1) custom built

         2) made of wood

         3) can be on second story or roof

 Duplex

Characteristics: 

         1) Two living unites with a common wall

         2) Simple homes

         3) 1-2 stories

 Earth Shelter

Characteristics: 

         1) House built in a hill or slope

         2) Faces the equator

         3) walls are dirt

 McMansion

Characteristics: 

         1) Judged as pretentious, tasteless, or badly designed for its neighborhood

         2) multi-story house

         3) replaces an existing, smaller structure in an older neighborhood

 Momodome

Characteristics: 

         1) Home is 

spherical

         2) 

Reinforced concrete foundation 

defines the shape of the base of the structure

         3) The dome 

is earthquake, tornado and hurricane resistant

Shotgun

Characteristics: 

         1) 

narrow rectangular

         2) 

three to five rooms in a row with no hallways

         3) 

The house is almost always close to the street

Storybook

Characteristics: 
         1) traditional English cottage-style
         2) four square block
         3) Looks like a fairytale house