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.
