Flat Roofs

“For much of the architecture profession, flat roofs are something of an aesthetic obligation. To those outside the design intelligentsia, flat roofs long ago became a cultural cliché.”

Flat roofs become like “a fifth facade” when architects fully embrace them. Neutra is no exception. A significant majority of his designs feature flat roofs. The Lovell House (top left), Hammerman House (top right), and The Kaufmann Desert House (right). No two Neutra houses had identical roofs, and no roofs were just one single boring slab. Variations in height, depth, clearance and overhang, made each building, and roof unique, and interesting. They became almost as big of a staple in his designs and his window walls.