Italian Renaissance Revival Architecture Flat Roof

Small scale examples such as depots and dwellings utilize hip roofs with wide overhanging eaves covered in clay tile which harkens to the mediterranean roots of the style.

Italian renaissance revival architecture flat roof.

Most italian renaissance revival style buildings have low pitched or flat roofs which are hidden by cornices short parapet walls or balustrades. One version of the style features a large rectangular building usually three or more stories in height topped by a flat roof with a crowning balustrade. Buildings in this style are usually characterized by façades that are commonly symmetrical and essentially flat. Most popular from 1800s to about 1930.

A tower is often incorporated hinting at the italian belvedere or even campanile tower. Usually two or three stories high. One version of the style features a large rectangular building usually three or more stories in height topped by a flat roof with a crowning balustrade. It is distinctive by its pronounced exaggeration of many italian renaissance characteristics.

Emphatic eaves supported by corbels low pitched roofs barely discernible from the ground or even flat roofs with a wide projection. Another common feature for this flat roof version of the italian renaissance revival style is a rusticated stone first floor with upper floors having a smooth finish. Rectangular or square in plan.