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Roofs

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Architecture - Details
Framing (Building)

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Images about Roofs

8 images from works
  • Architecture: two composite roof trusses. Engraving by E. Turrell, 1847.
  • Architectural details of the roof of Beaune hospital, including a floor plan. Line engraving by L. Gaucherel and Sauvageot after A. Verdier.
  • Architecture: diagrammatic roof trusses. Engraving [after S. H. Brooks?], 1850.
  • Architecture: domes. Engraving by E. Turrell, 1847, [after M. A. Nicholson?].
  • Architecture: the roof trusses of three chapels compared. Engraving by A. Dick, 1847, after M. A. Nicholson.
  • Architecture: various ways of cutting materials to cover a roof. Engraving by E. Turrell, 1847.
  • A row of the roofs of different types of church and mosque in India with a message about AIDS in Hindu. Lithograph, ca. 1997.
  • Engineering: a wide-span wooden truss-beam roof. Engraving by J. Davis after R. Tredgold, 1820.

Works from the collections

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    Architectural details of the roof of Beaune hospital, including a floor plan. Line engraving by L. Gaucherel and Sauvageot after A. Verdier.

    Verdier, Aymar, 1819-1880. | Reference: 15540i
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    Architectural details of the roof of Fenchurch Street Station, including a roof plan. Coloured drawing, 1853.

    | Date: 1853 | Reference: 46099i
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    Engineering: roofs. Engraving by J. Davis after Tredgold, 1820.

    Tredgold, R., active 1820. | Date: 1 June 1820 | Reference: 44208i
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    Architecture: the roof trusses of three chapels compared. Engraving by A. Dick, 1847, after M. A. Nicholson.

    Nicholson, Michael Angelo, approximately 1796-1841. | Date: 2 January 1848 | Reference: 44248i
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    Engineering: a wide-span wooden truss-beam roof. Engraving by J. Davis after R. Tredgold, 1820.

    Tredgold, R., active 1820. | Date: 1 June 1820 | Reference: 44212i

Related topics

Building
Timber
Architecture
Roof trusses
Carpentry
Woodwork

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