There is a seemingly endless array of roof designs options for creating beautiful architectural shade creations.
Open roof gazebo designs.
In a shade structure the overall architectural design and the roof style is usually what determines whether a shade structure is called a gazebo pergola or pavilion.
The most common shapes for a gazebo are.
A simple slat roof gazebo designed by john montgomery landscape architectsfeatures stone pedestals that hold posts columns on all four sides.
This will give you a larger usable space under the square roof as well as a more open feeling.
Tiered gazebos have two or more tiers of roof which tends to make them look more stately and traditional and also increases the cost of the gazebo.
Continue to 7 of 26 below.
The breezy design of an open gazebo is perfect for tropical locations so you can get out of the sun but still feel the salty air on your skin.
Once you have your gazebo built you need to decorate it.
The open design makes it safe for a fire pitto burn even though there is a roof overhead.
Typically a gazebo has a conical eight sided shaped roof.
Six sided eight sided rounded oblong square and rectangular.
Otherwise you have an empty space that isn t comfortable or inviting.
10 16 lean roof gazebo.
If the gazebo below would have been bordered by glazed walls we would call it a conservatory.