1. Roof and Architectural Elements
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2. Flat Roof
Flat, or low sloped roofs CAN present unique problems for the building owner. Many material applications for flat roofs are unreliable. Many insurance companies have been unwilling to insure buildings with flat roofs due to some material's inability to withstand the elements, and the problems that arise from the failure of the roof.
Flat
Roof

3. Gable Roof
Gable
A gable is the generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of a sloping roof. Gable roofs are also just about the worst type of roof to have in hurricane regions, as not only do gable roofs easily peel off in hurricane winds, but according to one Hurricane Survival Guide book, a gable end "catches wind like a sail."
Cross
Gable

4. Gambrel Roof
This roof looks more bell-like than triangular when viewed from the side. It is like a flattened gable roof. Many farms have gambrel roofs.

5. Hip Roof
A low-pitched roof that allows rain and snow to run off easily, the hipped roof also allows for large eaves on a building.

6. Mansard Roof
A French gable roof. The difference is that the mansard has a flat area at the top instead of being perfectly triangular. These are common in French Chateau houses and Second Empire style houses.

7. Roofing Terms to Know!!!!!!!!
barge board - a board that conceals roof timbers projecting over gables .
beam - a long piece of wood or steel that supports the roof (in a group can form a truss).
cornice - the overhanging part of the roof (the part that sticks out past the walls).
eave - the beam ends of the roof that create the cornice and allow water to drip off away from the building's walls.
fascia - the edge of the cornice

8. Roofing Terms to Know!!! gable - triangular roof.
rafter - parallel beams that support a roof (similar to how joists support floors and ceilings).
soffit- the underside of the eave
truss - a framework of beams (like ribs) that support the roof (usually triangular).

9. Roof Broken Down

10. Activity! This is an individual activity. You will need:
The smaller size of poster
Construction paper
Tape
Scissors
You will be making the roof styles. You need to make all 5 of the types.

11. Architectural Elements

12. Architectural Elements
Gingerbreading-Heavily, gaudily, and superfluously ornamented
Commonly used in reference to late 19th century Victorian architecture
Found in Gothic Revival, Queen Anne styles

13. Turret/circular tower
A small tower that is part of a building, usually round and corbeled from a corner
Sometimes octagonal in shape.
Sometimes rises above the roof line to create an extra storey
Sometimes contains a staircase

14. Clapboard
Clapboard, also known as bevel siding or lap siding or weather-board (with regional variants as to the exact definitions of these terms), is a board used typically for exterior horizontal siding that has one edge thicker than the other and where the board above laps over the one below. It is often found in New England architecture.

15. Dormers
A window in a sloping roof, usually that of a sleeping-apartment, hence the name

16. Pediment
A triangular gable across a portico, door or window; any similar triangular decorative piece over a doorway, fireplace, etc.

17. Pilasters
A shallow rectangular column projecting only slightly from a wall and, in classical architecture, conforming with one of the orders

18. Fanlight
A window above a door, usually semicircular or semielliptical, with glazing bars radiating out like a fan The fanlight became an increasingly important element in the design of the front door as the 18th century progressed. Gradually it became more popular to reduce the height of the door, replacing its upper register of panels with a fixed glazed panel ("fanlight") that admitted light to the hallway.

19. Portico
A roofed entrance porch supported on at least one side by columns A portico was the principal porch or entrance to a Greek temple, and was roofed and usually open at the sides. The number of columns that made up a portico determined its architectural name. For example, tetrastyle (four columns), hexastyle (six columns), octastyle (eight columns), decastyle (ten columns).
Found on almost all styles of architecture.