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2. Dormer - Wikipedia

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   Gable-fronted dormer Also called simply a gabled dormer, this is the most common type. [5] It has a simple pitched roof of two sloping planes, supported by an outward face (any combination of glazed and unglazed materials). It thus includes a triangular section below the roofline, i.e. a gable.

3. List of roof shapes - Wikipedia

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   Dutch gable, gablet: A hybrid of hipped and gable with the gable (wall) at the top and hipped lower down; i.e. the opposite arrangement to the half-hipped roof. Overhanging eaves forming shelter around the building are a consequence where the gable wall is in line with the other walls of the buildings; i.e., unless the upper gable is recessed.

4. Pediment - Wikipedia

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   The main variant shapes are the "segmental", "curved", or "arch" pediment, where the straight line triangle of the cornice is replaced by a curve making a segment of a circle, the broken pediment where the cornice has a gap at the apex, [6] and the open pediment, with a gap in the cornice along the base. Both triangular and segmental pediments ...

5. Gable - Wikipedia

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   A single-story house with three gables, although only two can be seen (highlighted in yellow). This arrangement is a crossed gable roof Gable in Finland Decorative gable roof at 176–178 St. John's Place between Sixth and Seventh Avenue in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City.

6. Cornice - Wikipedia

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   A gable roof with two cornice returns on the Härnösands rådhus A cornice return is an architectural detail that occurs where a roof's horizontal cornice connects to a gable's rake. [ 5 ] : p.67 It is a short horizontal extension of the cornice that occurs on each side of the gable end of the building (see picture of Härnösands rådhus with ...

7. Dutch gable - Wikipedia

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   A Dutch gable or Flemish gable is a gable whose sides have a shape made up of one or more curves and which has a pediment at the top. The gable may be an entirely decorative projection above a flat section of roof line, or may be the termination of a roof, like a normal gable (the picture of Montacute House, right, shows both types).