Our latest Dezeen guide explores seven types of roofs, including hip roofs, sawtooth roofs and vaulted roofs. At their most basic, roofs are a cover to protect a building against the weather. While ...

The house is made up of a restored stone barn with a pitched roof of stone slates, a kitchen link with a patent-glazed pitched roof and a new wing with a copper-covered mansard roof. The three gables- ...

The roof is a major design element of your house. But let’s not forget its primary purpose: To protect you and your belongings from rain, wind and weather in general. Whether you’re building a new ...