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  2. List of roof shapes - Wikipedia

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    Shed roof (lean-to, pent roof, [2] skirt roof, outshot, skillion, mono-roof [3]): A roof with one slope, historically attached to a taller wall. Saw-tooth : Multiple single-pitched roofs arrayed in a row, sometimes seen on factories .

  3. Leaning Tower of Zaragoza - Wikipedia

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    As in the previous examples, the bricks are of the Roman type, long and flat, and are laid with a very thick bed of mortar. It is intensely interesting to study this design in detail, as we can see how cleverly the effect is obtained with a minimum of effort. The tower leans so as to overhang the base by more than 8 ft.

  4. Lean-to - Wikipedia

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    A lean-to shelter is a simplified free-standing version of a wilderness hut with three solid walls and a single- or, in the case of an Adirondack lean-to, offset-pitched gable roof. The open side is commonly oriented away from the prevailing weather. Often it is made of rough logs or unfinished wood and used for camping.

  5. Acadian architecture - Wikipedia

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    Frequently, a lean-to was added, a smaller room built in the style of the house, used as a kitchen, dining room, and living room. A ladder led to the attic, where seeds and equipment were stored. A flat-roofed drum was often constructed at the entrance of the lean-to, serving both as a storage space and protection against the winter wind.

  6. Overhang (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    Overhang on 16th century Tomb of Salim Chishti, Fatehpur Sikri, India In architecture , an overhang is a protruding structure that may provide protection for lower levels. Overhangs on two sides of Pennsylvania Dutch barns protect doors, windows, and other lower-level structures.

  7. Block-stacking problem - Wikipedia

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    The first nine blocks in the solution to the single-wide block-stacking problem with the overhangs indicated. In statics, the block-stacking problem (sometimes known as The Leaning Tower of Lire (Johnson 1955), also the book-stacking problem, or a number of other similar terms) is a puzzle concerning the stacking of blocks at the edge of a table.

  8. Adirondack lean-to - Wikipedia

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    An Adirondack lean-to or Adirondack shelter is a three-sided log structure popularized in the Adirondack Mountains of Upstate New York which provides shelter for campers. [1] Since their development in the Adirondacks, this type of shelter has seen use in a number of parks throughout the United States, such as Isle Royale National Park in ...

  9. Garrison (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    The overhang in timber framing is called jettying. Olsen-Hesketh House, Blake Road, Brownfield, Maine, a contemporary garrison colonial built 1988–89. A garrison is an architectural style of house, typically two stories with the second story overhanging in the front. The traditional ornamentation is four carved drops (pineapple, strawberry or ...