The pediment was the crowning feature of the greek.
Greek style roof.
Stucco wood and occasionally stone are essential building materials of the greek revival style.
A distinctive feature of greek revival properties is the shape of the roof.
Pediment in architecture triangular gable forming the end of the roof slope over a portico the area with a roof supported by columns leading to the entrance of a building.
Not unlike slate clay tile roofs served ancient china greece and rome for centuries and the spanish french and dutch found it worth importing to settlements in florida new orleans and the hudson valley because it was durable and fireproof.
In sicily truss roofs presumably appeared as early as 550 bc.
Below the roof greek revival buildings frequently have an ornamental molding known as a cornice.
In the original greek revival properties of the nineteenth century either cedar shingles of standing seam tin were the main materials used for the construction of the roofs.
Homes built in this style have a low pitched gable and hip roof.
Ancient greek buildings of timber clay and plaster construction were probably roofed with thatch.
Most buildings in classical greece were covered by traditional prop and lintel constructions which often needed to include interior colonnades.
This style focuses on a heavy use of symmetry a low pitched gabled or hipped pyramidal roof and in residential buildings a minimal chimney.
Or a similar form used decoratively over a doorway or window.
This type of roof was used as early as the temples of ancient greece and has been a staple of domestic architecture in northern europe and the americas for many centuries.
They are built with stones and bricks and most of them have flowered yards or gardens.
This is an example of a large mediterranean two storey brick white house exterior in sydney with a hip roof.
The houses in the cyclades are small and have a rectangular shape with a flat roof as the strong winds do not allow the construction of triangular roofs.
Their potential was fully realized in the roman period which saw over 30 m wide trussed roofs sp.
Low pitched gable and hip roofs were typical.
Intended to resemble stone or marble temples the buildings were usually painted white or enhanced with a faux finish such as the lee mansion at arlington national cemetery.
The list of ancient roofs comprises roof constructions from greek and roman architecture ordered by clear span.
With the rise of stone architecture came the appearance of fired ceramic roof tiles.
It is still a very common form of roof.
Over the past few years.
Larger mansions and government buildings were frequently designed to resemble greek temples.
A roof with two slopes that form an a or triangle is called a gable or pitched roof.