It is characterize by its inward curve and upturned corners.
Traditional chinese roof structure.
Timber jointing systems joints were favored over metal fixings.
The hip roof half hip roof conical roof and the gable roof.
Traditional chinese roofs on garden structures round roof.
Flat roofs are uncommon while gabled roofs are almost omnipresent in traditional chinese architecture.
3 features of chinese roof architecture 1.
Without doubt one of the most instantly recognisable aspects of chinese architecture is how the temple roofs are designed.
A traditional chinese roof with 8 facades which could be either single or double eaves.
Sometimes the hip roof had a flat top.
This type of roof allows the structure with three facades normally used on a small garden pavilion.
3 suspended roof xuanshan roof see the 3rd picture.
The interlocking and overlapping columns and.
Roofs are either built on roof cross beams or rest directly on vertical structural beams.
The first was a hip roof consisting of five ridges and is very large in scale.
Graceful curved shapes the upturned eaves on roof corners are the most identifiable mark of chinese roof architecture.
Eastern asia hip and gable roof xieshan roof see the 2nd picture below the roof on the building in front of us is.