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Pattern 232

Roof Caps

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Context Roof Garden118 · Roof Vaults220

Problem

A roof that simply stops — cut off flat at the ridge or eaves — leaves the building's outline unfinished, with no point where the eye can come to rest against the sky.

Solution

Crown the roof with a deliberate finishing element — a ridge, a small cap, or a modest turret — that completes the silhouette and gives the building a clear high point against the sky.

Usage Ornament249