Also different architectural styles will use the same type of roof.
Mid century modern roof types.
The confusion comes because mid century modern is not actually a style.
The home has either a front or side entrance.
Mid century modern architecture has many different features that set it apart but none so notable as the roofline.
Or at least it s a mid century modern.
The butterfly two gables which dip in the middle.
Mid century modern architecture featured flat roofs angular details and asymmetrical profiles.
In order to transform a flat roof into a roof garden or a lovely terrace all you need is some outdoor furniture.
That description also fits a fair number of prairie style homes which came earlier and ranch homes which have some overlap with mid century modern.
It s a collection of designs built from roughly 1940 to 1975.
Let s break it down to the different styles that make this architecture so unique.
The patio roof is one of the modern forms of contemporary houses that consists of roof terraces that are mostly flat.
A layer of tar is put down on the roof and is followed by a layer of gravel.
This movement was also the first to use bi level structures.
Expansive walls of glass clean lines and wide open floor plans were also hallmarks of this residential style.
Gabled narrow or long gabled one gable with two sloping downward roofs.
Intricate roofs have many parts that incorporate several of the basic roof designs such as a gable roof sitting atop a gambrel or variations of the gable valley roof design using one or a variety of different types of roof trusses also see our very detailed diagrams showing the different parts of a roof truss.