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Gawd, I'm not from the US and even I know that a Garrett is a type of steam locomotive built in the late nineteenth century. Steam as art?  
The idiot also known as Capfka ...
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What's the name?
Mansard?
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Mansard?I know Mansard refers to a type of roof, but was unaware that it referred to the top floor of a building too. BTW, nice to see you posting Boby! [kiss-e] 
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That's it. 'die Mansarde' or 'das Mansardendach' in German. Cheers ByB .
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Per the AHD, named after François Mansart, French architect.
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Yes, Bob, it is nice to see you posting! [kiss on my spot e] Here's a neat set of pictures that somebody posted here a way long time ago. (tsuwm, I'll do it right, this time.  ) http://www.m-w.com/mw/art/roof.htm
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> François Mansart, French architect.
Yeah, that's him. According to my encyclopaedia he was very influential, yet rarely rates a mention in any modern architectural teachings.
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curious fact (that i picked up somewhere)
a mansard roof, by ny city building code, has more than a 77° and no less than a a 57° pitch.
do any of the site (since Jazzo, our other source is off bathing) list the pitch of his famous roof?
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Is there a word that could be used interchangably that would describe the proper direction to face that is away from the sun that would be appropriate for both the northern and southern hemispheres?
From oceanography... poleward? (Has nothing to do with sun but we describe things as poleward or equatorward when the cardinal-direction-description isn't the same in both hemispheres.)
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To get back to attics for a moment! Gosh you guys move fast, can't keep up with the flow!
FWIW
Attic – pertaining to Attica, and particularly its capital Athens. A decorative form of construction originating there consisted of a small column mounted above a larger column and hence the space enclosed within the upper, smaller columns came to be kown as the attic storey.
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