Mansard roof
A mansard roof is a hipped roof which has a steep lower slope capped with a shallow upper slope on each side. The mansard comes from the French architect Francois Mansart.
Mansard Roof Media
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A mansard roof on the Château de Dampierre, by Jules Hardouin-Mansart, great-nephew of François Mansart
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Mansard rooftops along Boulevard Haussmann in Paris constructed during the Second French Empire.
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A cross-sectional diagram of a timber-framed Mansard roof; each of its four faces has the same profile.
The Hôtel de Besenval in Paris. The mansard roof was added in 1866.
The Germania Life Insurance Company Building in New York City, built in 1911, with a four-story mansard roof
