Type of polygonal hipped roof with steeply pitched slopes rising to a peak
This article is about the architectural feature. For the automotive accessory, see Roof tent.
Tent roofs atop St. Barbara's Church, Kutná Hora, Czech Republic.
A tented roof (also known as a pavilion roof) is a type of polygonal hipped roof with steeply pitched slopes rising to a peak.[1] Tented roofs, a hallmark of medieval religious architecture, were widely used to cover churches with steep, conical roof structures.
In the Queen Anne Victorian style, it took the form of a wooden turret with an octagonal base with steeply pitched slopes rising to a peak, usually topped with a finial.[1][2]
A distinctive local adaptation of this roof style was widely used in 16th- and 17th-century Russian architecture for churches, although there are examples of this style also in other parts of Europe. It took the form of a polygonal spire but differed in purpose in that it was typically used to roof the main internal space of a church, rather than as an auxiliary structure. The same architectural form is also applied to bell towers.
The term "tent roof" may also be applied in modern architecture to membrane and thin shell structures comprising roofs of modern materials and actual tents.[3]
Modern tent roofs at the Denver International Airport using suspended structural membranes.
A modern tent roof on the Pavilion Hotel in Wagga Wagga, Australia
^ abW. Dean Eastman, Hometown Handbook: Architecture.
^"Tent roof", Illustrated Architecture Dictionary, online at the Buffalo Architecture and History site.
^"Ten-roof" definition on the "Go-Historic" web site Archived 2013-01-24 at archive.today, an encyclopedic travel guide.
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Modern tent roofs at the Denver International Airport using suspended structural membranes.
A modern tent roof on the Pavilion Hotel in Wagga Wagga, Australia
