Even if you’ve never heard the phrase “Second Empire architecture,” you’ve seen it – on the iconic “Psycho” house, the Haunted Mansion ride at Disney World and every creepy ceramic Halloween house ...

The image of impoverished writers, starving for their art and living in garrets, predated the era of Paris as a city of garrets tucked under mansard roofs. Garrets were attic living spaces — hot in ...

Until the latest remodeling, McDonald’s worldwide used a red, double mansard roof, which sports two slopes on all four sides. Now the chain is making allowances for architectural preferences by area.

It is an architectural style that’s been around for centuries: the mansard roof. The design, recognizable by its sloping facades on all four sides and shallow roof line, can be traced to Pierre Lescot ...

Former District Treasurer/CFO Ryan Ghizzoni told the school board Aug. 27 that the high school was trending $2.5 million over budget. A sloping, mansard-style roof being considered by the board at ...