Stair Portfolio

Gable
It tears off easy in a hurricane.
A variation is crowed-stepped gable.

Hip
All four sides sloped down
More difficult to construct then gable

Flat
Horizontal or nearly horizontal
Tar and gravel based roof

shed
planar angled roofs.
coniferous trees usually surround it.

butterfly roof
roofs fold in
V-shape

Gambrel
2 sided symmetrical roof.
comes from medieval latin word gamba

Crow stepped gable
Crow steps
from 15th century

Mansard roof
one side way more steep
two different roof angles

Dutch gable
level walls and consistent
it also simplifies the construction of the roof.

half hip roof.
 the upper point of the gable is replaced by a small hip
Half hip roofs are sometimes referred to as Dutch Hip, Norman Roofs or London Roofs.

Stair Project

Front Elevation, Right elevation, Floor Plan

Floor Plan

Front View

Right view

This Old House

http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/article/0,,702388-5,00.html

Houses

Bungalow
1.Spacious floor plan
2.A British and American aesthetic era that encapsulated a romantic idealization.
3.A front porch or partial wrap around porch

Barndominium
1. Living space attached to a workshop
2. A barn
3. Large vehicle garage

Bay and gable
1. Large bay window
2. Surmounted by a gable roof.
3. 2 and a half stories tall.

Cape Dutch
1. H Shaped
2.Ornately round gables.
3. Walls are whitewashed

Chattel house
1. Small wooden house
2. Set on blocks or groundsill
3. Sometimes height is an illusion.

Cottage
1. Traditional build
2. Post war home look a likes.
3. Also means vaction/summerhome

Dogtrot house
1. Two log cabins
2. Connected by breezeway
3. Rooms opened into the breezeway

Earth Sheltered house
1. Earth as heating
2. Extreme privacy
3. High protection from natural events.

Georgian
1. Many decorative moldings.
2. Designed before American Revolution.
3. Has two chiminey's.

Shotgun House
1. no more then 12 feet wide.
2. Almost no front yard.
3. rooms are in a line.