The lack of major pillars supporting the massive roof furthers the sensation that the structure is floating.
Paris architecture roof.
During the renaissance in italy and france many buildings had steep double sloped roofs.
A century later the french architect françois mansart 1598 1666 used double sloped roofs so extensively that they were coined mansard a derivation of mansart s.
Designed by italian architect mario bellini and french architect rudy ricciotti the highlight of the building is its golden undulating roof.
Visit notre dame s iconic frame with 210 tons of lead or the dome of the invalides covered by 500 000 gold leaves.
A rooftop garden on paris s rue vieille du temple that arnaud casaus designed.
The domed churches began as a weapon of the counter reformation against the architectural austerity of the protestants.
Yet one of the capital s most impressive features is invisible at street level.
An enormous sloping roof crowned the original louvre palace in paris constructed in 1546.
The landscape architect arnaud casaus is creating green spaces wilder and warmer than those found at street level.
A mansard roof on the château de dampierre by jules hardouin mansart great nephew of françois mansart a mansard or mansard roof also called a french roof or curb roof is a four sided gambrel style hip roof characterized by two slopes on each of its sides with the lower slope punctured by dormer windows at a steeper angle than the upper.