In its 13th century state-much of the basic layout of which survives today-the church was cruciform in plan, with an aisled bay of six naves, a crossing tower, transepts, a five bay chancel, and a retrochoir or “ Lady Chapel ”, the form of which has also been interpreted as group of four chapels with separate gabled roofs, two opening from the choir, and two from each aisle.

The result was that when the tower swayed in the earthquake, it pushed against the walls and roofs of the nave, transepts and chancel, causing the walls to move and the roof of the nave to be forced towards the gable of the facade.

Its other main uses are for bituminous waterproofing products, including production of roofing felt and for sealing flat roofs.

Many buildings date from the 19th century and are constructed of brick or stone and adorned with decorative woodwork, ceramic tile, slate roofs and stained glass.

Most US domestic architecture, except in very dry regions, has roofs that are sloped, or pitched.

Although modern construction elements such as drainpipes remove the need for pitch, roofs are pitched for reasons of tradition and aesthetics.

The main factors which influence the shape of roofs are the climate and the materials available for roof structure and the outer covering.

The basic shapes of roofs are flat, skillion, gabled, hipped, arched and domed.

Roofs constructed of flat sections that are sloped are referred to as pitched roofs ( generally if the angle exceeds 10 degrees ).

Slate is an ideal, and durable material, while in the Swiss Alps roofs are made from huge slabs of stone, several inches thick.

However, slate roofs are often expensive to install – in the USA, for example, a slate roof may have the same cost as the rest of the house.

Roofs made of cut turf ( modern ones known as Green roofs, traditional ones as sod roofs ) have good insulating properties and are increasingly encouraged as a way of " greening " the Earth.

Adobe roofs are roofs of clay, mixed with binding material such as straw or animal hair, and plastered on lathes to form a flat or gently sloped roof, usually in areas of low rainfall.

Steel shingle or standing-seam roofs last about 50 years or more depending on both the method of installation and the moisture barrier ( underlayment ) used and are between the cost of shingle roofs and slate roofs.

So called Cool roofs are becoming increasingly popular, and in some cases are mandated by local codes.

Cool roofs are defined as roofs with both high reflectivity and high thermal emittance.

The high steeply-pitched roofs of Germany and Holland are typical in regions of snowfall.

There are regional building styles which contradict this trend, the stone roofs of the Alpine chalets being usually of gentler incline.

The red tile roofs and solid sandstone masonry are distinctly Californian in appearance and famously complementary to the bright blue skies common to the region, and most of the subsequently erected buildings have maintained consistent exteriors.

The buildings of Tours are white with blue slate ( called Ardoise ) roofs ; this style is common in the north of France, while most buildings in the south of France have terracotta roofs.

The campsites vary in capacity but typically include a few three-sided wood shelters ( the fourth wall is screened ) with floors and roofs, and several individual sites suitable for pitching a small tent.

Houses were made of sun-dried mud bricks and roofs of wood, reeds and mud.

The few internal combustion engined vehicles present, often ran on town gas stored in gasbags on roofs or wood / charcoal gas from gasifiers on trailers.

The city was constructed of marble from nearby quarries on Mycale and wood for such items as roofs and floors.

Other sustainable features include: low-use water fixtures and landscape, green roofs, recycling construction materials, the use of regional material and renewable materials as well as certified wood and natural light.

Frequent features include gable-on-hip roofs that encompass side porches with minimalist wood bracing, creating a sense of heaviness characteristic of the Shingle style.

Many royal castles were receiving insufficient investment to allow them to be maintained – roofs leaked, stone work crumbled, lead or wood was stolen.

The buildings inside, most of them circular in shape, some rectangular, were about long ; they were made out of stone with thatch roofs resting on a wood column in the centre of the building.

For the more " civilized " provinces and the towns where citizens had been " disarmed ", bolos ( a cutting tool similar to the machete ) and other knife variants are still commonly used for general work ( farming in the provinces, chopping wood, coconuts, controlling talahib ( sword grass ), which could grow higher than roofs if not cut, etc.

Older wood carving is typically relief or pierced work on flat objects for architectural use, such as screens, doors, roofs, beams and friezes.

Like tented roofs, which were combined with and sometimes replaced domes in Russian architecture since the 16th century, onion domes initially were used only in wooden churches and were introduced into stone architecture much later, where their carcasses continued to be made either of wood or metal on top of masonry drums.

The colonnades of Tula supported roofs of wood and adobe that covered airy halls.

Roofs made of smooth materials ( sheet metal or glass ) are more likely to shed ash than roofs made with rough materials ( thatch, asphalt or wood shingles ).

Due to the fabric roofs incorporated, after a few decades the wood tended to rot ; because of this Chandlers have survived in smaller numbers than some other more popular automobiles of the era.

These were characterised by the use local materials and labour, being primarily constructed of wood, having packed earth floors and thatched roofs.

He developed a new style of construction where reinforced concrete replaced wood in factory walls, roofs, and supports.

The intermediary floor, corresponds to the museum space, consisting of the towers and halls with rock fireplaces, including the Salão de Banquetes ( Banquet Hall ) and the Salão dos Paços Perdidos ( Hall of Lost Town Hall ), with roofs designed like the interior keel of a boat, in wood.

Along the east side there are two long galleries, whose roofs were probably in wood and tiles.

It was called ' City of tables ' because the houses were of wood with flat thatched roofs.

For this to be realised, wood and stone must be used for the walls, with slanted slate roofs.

Recently rectangular and round buildings are being built with roofs of wood or metal structure to mimic local architectural styles.

" Colin Sorensen, who as a schoolboy often used to watch the work going on at Denham recalled the sight " of the main studio buildings, a great mass of, probably asbestos, grey-green roofs " and the smell of " cellulose paint merged with newly cut soft wood.

It consisted of an airstrip to get there without breaching the reef, 12 simple bungalows, a kitchen hut, dining hall and bar, all built from local materials-coconut wood, thatch roofs and even large sea shells for sinks.

The building was one of a rare few to survive the devastating 1923 Berkeley fire, remarkable also because all of the buildings had ( and still have ) wood shake siding and roofs.