Flat Top Mansard Roof

The mansard roof is a combination of gambrel and hip roof.

Flat top mansard roof.

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. Later on many small commercial buildings also adopted a mansard style roof. Mansard roofs can include window dormers and often do since the space is usable and therefore the dormers provide natural light. This mansard style roof flares out at the bottom.

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. However unlike a traditional mansard roof these roofs had a flat top. Well the roof particularly defines the form of art rather than just making an architectural design for functionality. However unlike a traditional mansard roof these roofs had a flat top.

The pyramid version of the mansard roof includes a pyramid design on top of the steep sides instead of a flat top. Later on many small commercial buildings also adopted a mansard style roof.