Paris Architecture Roof

Yet one of the capital s most impressive features is invisible at street level.
Paris architecture roof. The landscape architect arnaud casaus is creating green spaces wilder and warmer than those found at street level. Visit notre dame s iconic frame with 210 tons of lead or the dome of the invalides covered by 500 000 gold leaves. Designed by italian architect mario bellini and french architect rudy ricciotti the highlight of the building is its golden undulating roof. A century later the french architect françois mansart 1598 1666 used double sloped roofs so extensively that they were coined mansard a derivation of mansart s.
The lack of major pillars supporting the massive roof furthers the sensation that the structure is floating. From cathedrals to government buildings the roofs of paris are unrivaled in beauty and ingenuity. An enormous sloping roof crowned the original louvre palace in paris constructed in 1546. A rooftop garden on paris s rue vieille du temple that arnaud casaus designed.
The domed churches began as a weapon of the counter reformation against the architectural austerity of the protestants. During the renaissance in italy and france many buildings had steep double sloped roofs.