An angular English home extension and a timber-clad Guatemalan retreat feature in our roundup of buildings with butterfly roofs. Otherwise known as inverted-pitched roofs, the V-shaped structures ...

Finally, the butterfly design makes it easy for the roof to accumulate rain and snow, which may allow moisture to make its way into the structure. For this reason, butterfly roofs require regular ...

Architect Richard Meier installed a soaring, asymmetrical butterfly roof at the Naples, Florida, home of Klaus and Ulla Neugebauer. The design choice was made in response to the private community ...

Le Corbusier's butterfly roof finally became real just three years later in Karuizawa, Japan. But it was not built by Le Corbusier—the designer was Czech architect Antonin Raymond .

An inverted-pitch roof and angular brick cladding characterise the Butterfly House extension, which architecture studio The DHaus Company has added to a terraced home in north London.

Credit for the butterfly roof design often goes to architect William Krisel. He began building single-family homes with butterfly rooflines for the Alexander Construction Company, ...

In addition to the butterfly roof, the various textures and colors of the natural materials that were used for the exterior also make the Swallowtail a memorable design. Its large windows and ...

Long-time residents of Gainesville know Butterfly Roof House when they see it. From the outside, anyway. “Its striking midcentury-modern roofline has got to be its main differentiator,” says ...

The Swallowtail, by Australia's Tiny House Company, has a distinctive butterfly roof and a well thought-out interior layout that saves space with a drop-down ladder. Those who want the freedom of ...