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A massive fire ripped through the cathedral in central paris toppling the spire of the 850 year old gothic structure and leaving france in shock over the potential loss of one of the nation s.
Notre dame cathedral burns in paris france monday april 15 2019.
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Dormer windows were popularised by french architect françois mansart who used dormers extensively in the mansard roofs he designed for 17th century paris.
Today dormers are a widespread feature of pitched roof buildings.
French architects used the term horror vacui the fear of unadorned surfaces to describe the highly ornamented second empire style.
Massive plumes of yellow brown smoke filled the air and ash fell upon tourists and others around the island in the center of paris.
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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.
The steep roof with windows creates an additional floor of habitable space a garret and reduces the overall height of the roof for a given number of habitable stories.
That is three words that describes the city of paris and also the rooftop bars located here.
Yet this thriving operation is.
90 of parisian roofs are covered with zinc.
When napoleon iii ruled france 1852 to 1870 paris became a city of grand boulevards and monumental buildings.
Have been since napoleon 1rst.
High above the grand boutique windows of number 24 rue faubourg saint honoré where charles émile hermès relocated his father s harness workshop in 1880 and first began to retail saddlery there is an exquisite little known paradise that overlooks the rooftops of paris.
France s rooftop vistas are being reimagined green with paris leading the way in rooftop chic.
Dormer windows have been used in domestic architecture in britain since the 16th century.
The louvre was enlarged sparking a new interest in the tall majestic mansard roof.
But the imposing nearly perpendicular roofs were not merely decorative.
Welcome to the future of farming in paris where a whole host of rooftop plantations such as this one on the edge of the marais have been springing up of late.