Mansard is a four sided roof with double slopes on each side so its sides can either be curved or flat.
House style with flat roof and mansard.
Completely versatile this form of a roof has two parts the lower of which has a deep slope to each of the sides and the upper portion is further back almost vertical in direction.
Later on many small commercial buildings also adopted a mansard style roof.
But you cannot misunderstand them as straight panel roofs.
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This 1870s house in rhinebeck new york has traditional second empire features with distinctive window ornaments and lintels.
Aug 15 2020 explore mary amesbury s board mansard roof before and after on pinterest.
There is a sort of visible distinction between flat roofs and mansard roofs.
The emblem of the style is the distinctive mansard roof a device attributed to the 17th century french architect francois mansart 1598 1666.
Although the mansard roof was not used quite as often in traditional homes it featured in many high rise residential buildings especially in the late 1960s and 1970s.
Jul 5 2015 mansard roof also called a french roof or curb roof.