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A butterfly roof (sometimes called a V roof) is a form of roof characterised by an inversion of a standard roof form, with two roof surfaces sloping down from opposing edges to a valley near the middle of the roof.[1] It is so called because its shape resembles a butterfly's wings.[2]

  1. ^ The Free Dictionary definition. Retrieved 2016-04-09
  2. ^ Palm Springs Modernism – The Butterfly Effect, Morris Newman in Palm Springs Life, February 2009. Retrieved 2016-04-09

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