Conical roof
A conical roof or cone roof is a cone-shaped roof that is circular at its base and terminates in a point.
Distribution
Conical roofs are frequently found on top of towers in
timber-framed support structure covered with slate
; more rarely they were made of masonry.
A small circular turret or tourelle with a conical roof is called a pepperpot or pepperbox turret.[3]
Today, conical roofs are more often used in rural areas either for circular or small square buildings. They are difficult to construct but use locally available materials.[4]
Conical roofs are widely used in
A key feature of the Solomon Islands Parliament Building is its conical roof.
See also
References
- ^ Lottman, Herbert R. (29 February 1976). "Despite Ages of Captivity, The Armenians Persevere". The New York Times. p. 287.
Today the monastery's main church building is a 13th century rectangle in the Armenian fashion, topped with the usual conical dome...
- ^ Holland, Rebecca (11 May 2017). "Inside Lalish, the Heart of the Yazidi faith". The Independent.
Lalish is dotted with conical holy structures
- ^ Curl, James Stevens and Susan Wilson. The Oxford Dictionary of Architecture, 3rd edn. Oxford: OUP, 2015, p. 567.
- ^ Rückert, Klaus and Effatolsadat Shahriari. Guideline for sustainable, energy efficient architecture and construction. Young Cities Research Paper Series, Volume 10. Ed. by Technische Universität Berlin and Road, Housing and Urban Development Research Center, Tehran. Berlin: TUB, 2014, p. 64.
- ^ Buxton, David Roden (1937). Russian Mediaeval Architecture with an Account of the Transcaucasian Styles and Their Influence in the West. Cambridge University Press. p. 72.
This conical dome is a characteristic of Armenian and Georgian architecture as is the bulb of Russian; it is universal except in some of the earliest buildings.
- Peeters. p. 33.
...the conical roof, which, as he pointed out, is typical of Armenian architecture.
- ISBN 978-0-8108-7450-3.
The characteristic dome consisted of, exteriorly, a tall drum or polygonal cylinder with a conical roof...
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