1970s Mansard Roof Architecture

Need advice on updating the exterior of our 1970 s mansard roof home.

1970s mansard roof architecture.

Most houses of this era were rectangular or l shaped with a low pitch roof wide eaves and aluminium windows and doors. We d like to eventually do a re design of the exterior but realistically that won t be for another 5 10 years. 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. Later on many small commercial buildings also adopted a mansard style roof.

1970s typical building form. Most were single storey but split level houses were also common. The mansard roof an integral attribute of the second empire style which enjoyed popularity from the 1850 s through the 1880 s was revived in the 1960 s and its popularity continued into the 1970 s history does indeed repeat itself. The steep roof with windows creates an additional floor of habitable space a garret and reduces the overall height of the roof for a given number of.

In many cases these are not true mansard roofs but flat on top the sloped façade providing a way to conceal heating ventilation and air conditioning equipment from view. A mansard or mansard roof also called a french roof or curb roof is a four sided gambrel style hip roof characterized by two slopes on each of its sides with the lower slope punctured by dormer windows at a steeper angle than the upper. There are so many things to do on th. As you can see the roof proportions are crazy our house looks like a mushroom.