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2. Shingle style architecture - Wikipedia

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   Architects of the shingle style emulated colonial houses' plain, shingled surfaces as well as their massing, whether in the single exaggerated gable of McKim Mead and White's Low House or in the complex massing of Kragsyde. This impression of the passage of time is enhanced by the use of shingles.

3. Domestic roof construction - Wikipedia

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   The primary roof covering [5] on houses in North America are asphalt shingles, but some have other types of roof shingles or metal roofs. Tile and thatch roofs are more common in Europe than North America. Some roofing materials help reduce air conditioning costs in hot climates by being designed to reflect light.

4. Metal roof - Wikipedia

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   Standing seam metal roof. A metal roof is a roofing system featuring metal pieces or tiles exhibiting corrosion resistance, impermeability to water, and long life. It is a component of the building envelope. The metal pieces may be a covering on a structural, non-waterproof roof, or they could be self-supporting sheets.

5. List of American houses - Wikipedia

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   Isaac Bell House: a Shingle style house and "summer cottage" of Isaac Bell Jr. in Newport, Rhode Island; Kingscote: a Gothic Revival house, museum, and the former residence of George Noble Jones in Newport, Rhode Island; Marble House: a Beaux-Arts architecture style mansion and residence of William Kissam Vanderbilt in Newport, Rhode Island

6. Roof shingle - Wikipedia

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   A shingle roof in Zakopane, Poland. With an area of 6000 m 2 (1½ acres), it was one of the largest wooden shingle roofs in Europe. A roof’s shingles are a roof covering consisting of individual overlapping elements. These elements are typically flat, rectangular shapes laid in courses from the bottom edge of the roof up, with each successive ...

7. Category:Shingle Style houses - Wikipedia

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   Shingle Style houses; Pages in category "Shingle Style houses" The following 127 pages are in this category, out of 127 total. This list may not reflect recent ...