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  2. Eaves - Wikipedia

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    Eaves overhang, shown here with a bracket system of modillions. The eaves are the edges of the roof which overhang the face of a wall and, normally, project beyond the side of a building. The eaves form an overhang to throw water clear of the walls and may be highly decorated as part of an architectural style, such as the Chinese dougong ...

  3. List of roof shapes - Wikipedia

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    Bell-cast (sprocketed, flared): A roof with the shallow slope below the steeper slope at the eaves. Compare with bell roof. East Asian hip-and-gable roof; Mokoshi: A Japanese decorative pent roof; Pavilion roof : A low-pitched roof hipped equally on all sides and centered over a square or regular polygonal floor plan. [10]

  4. The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright - Wikipedia

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    Its "broad, sweeping horizontal lines; low, cantilevered roofs with overhanging eaves; and an open interior floor plan, . . . epitomizes Wright’s aim to design structures in harmony with nature." [ 18 ] A significant contributor to the concept of bringing nature indoors is the 175 leaded glass windows and doors, which feature a design of ...

  5. 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.

  6. Dutch Colonial Revival architecture - Wikipedia

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    Dutch Colonial is a style of domestic architecture, primarily characterized by gambrel roofs having curved eaves along the length of the house. Modern versions built in the early 20th century are more accurately referred to as "Dutch Colonial Revival", a subtype of the Colonial Revival style.

  7. List of house types - Wikipedia

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    A gablefront house or gablefront cottage has a gable roof that faces its street or avenue, as in the novel The House of Seven Gables. A-frame: so-called because the steep roofline, reaching to or near the ground, makes the gable ends resemble a capital letter A. Chalet: a gablefront house built into a mountainside with a wide sloping roof

  8. The show is also bringing more visibility to the Hudson Valley region, where Leitheuser grew up. The show features her dad, Don Leitheuser, who is a master carpenter.

  9. Ranch-style house - Wikipedia

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    Wide eaves of a typical ranch house, this one built in 1966 in California. Prominent features are of the original ranch house style include: Single story; Long, low-pitch roofline; Asymmetrical rectangular, L-shaped, or U-shaped design; Simple, open floor plans; Living areas separate from the bedroom(s) area; Attached garage