Butterfly roof

Prefabricated wooden cabins perched on stilts surround a central lodge at this 50-acre resort in the Catskill Mountains designed by Garrison Architects.

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...

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

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.....

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.

A unique butterfly roof structure covers this modern LEED Platinum home designed by Robert M. Cain, Architect, located in Decatur, Georgia.

a long-span concrete beam extends from this building's facade to announce its entrance and circulate visitors into an oasis courtyard garden.

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