Butterfly roof

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Since its invention by Le Corbusier in 1930, the butterfly roof has endured as a dramatic architectural feature.

Piaule Catskill Nolan McHugh and Trevor Briggs

Mid-Century Elegance in Modern-Day Design There’s no doubt that one of the most distinct characteristics of a Stillwater home is the elegant butterfly roof. The origin of this design element dates back to the early 1930s and yet, it remains a prominent feature of modern architecture today. The original design of the butterfly roof was

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Completed in 2011 in Cape Town, South Africa. Images by Wieland Gleich, Luis Mira Architects & Plus Arquitectura. The Junior School building corresponds to the Phase 1 of the Blouberg International School in Cape Town. The site is located into a residential area...

Butterfly roof

Image 8 of 23 from gallery of The Brick House / Hiren Patel Architects. Photograph by Sebastian Zachariah

Split level butterfly roof

Butterfly roofs, the soaring architectural elements often seen in Palm Springs, have a fascinating past

The client’s brief was they wanted a simple structure where one could feel connected to nature away from the hustle and dense fabric of the city. We aspired to achieve a cost-effective use of natural materials in their most simplistic nature. The house is constructed through a combined structural system; with load-bearing stone walls and an external frame structure in steel with a butterfly roof.

An abandoned airport terminal at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport was reborn as the TWA Hotel, a stylish stay that harkens on the romance of flying when it was still a novelty.

Butterfly roof

A butterfly roof, named after its resemblance, to the shape of a butterfly’s wingspan, is simply an inversion of a gable roof.....