A bell roof (bell-shaped roof, ogee roof, ''Philibert de l'Orme roof'') is a roof form resembling the shape of a
bell
A bell is a directly struck idiophone percussion instrument. Most bells have the shape of a hollow cup that when struck vibrates in a single strong strike tone, with its sides forming an efficient resonator. The strike may be made by an inte ...
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[Harris, Cyril M.. "bell roof" and "bellcast eaves". ''Dictionary of architecture & construction''. 4th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2006. Print.] Bell roofs may be round, multi-sided or square. A similar-sounding feature added to other roof forms at the eaves or walls is ''bell-cast'', ''sprocketed''
[Brett, Peter. "Bellcast eaves". ''An illustrated dictionary of building: an illustrated reference guide for practitioners and students''. 2nd ed. Oxford: Butterworth Heinemann, 1997. Print.] or ''flared''
eaves, the roof flairs upward resembling the common shape of the bottom of a bell.
Gallery
File:Aspen Community Church.jpg, A classic, round bell roof on the round tower of Aspen Community Church in the USA
File:Almond A. White House, Front.jpg, A metal bell roof on the Almond A. White House in the United States
File:Vetschau Kirchturm 2.JPG, A multi-sided bell roof on the tower of the Wendish-German double church in Germany
File:Mollans - Bell tower.jpg, A square bell roof in France
File:Administration Battlefields Park 01.JPG, Not ''bell roofs'' but roofs with ''bell-cast eaves''.
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List of roof shapes
Roof shapes include flat (or shed roof, shed), gabled, hip roof, hipped, arched, domed, and a wide variety of other configurations #Roof shapes, detailed below.
Roof angles are an integral component of roof shape, and vary from almost flat to ste ...
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Stupa
A stupa ( sa, स्तूप, lit=heap, ) is a mound-like or hemispherical structure containing relics (such as '' śarīra'' – typically the remains of Buddhist monks or nuns) that is used as a place of meditation.
In Buddhism, circumam ...
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