Pueblo Style Roofs

While different design elements can be associated with more than one architectural style certain roofing materials are associated with specific styles.

Pueblo style roofs.

The flat roofs and earth toned walls of the pueblo style were inspired by the simple structures of the pueblo indians. Taos pueblo n m with domed oven in the foreground. Walls are usually stuccoed and painted in earth tones. Common features of the pueblo revival style include projecting wooden roof beams or vigas which sometimes serve no structural purpose corbels curved often stylized beam supports and latillas which are peeled branches or strips of wood laid across the tops of vigas to create a foundation usually supporting dirt or clay for a roof.

The multistoried permanent attached homes typical of this tradition are modeled after the cliff dwellings built by the ancestral pueblo anasazi culture beginning in approximately ad 1150. Pueblo style architecture seeks to imitate the appearance of traditional adobe construction though more modern materials such as brick or concrete are often substituted. The desert southwest is a landscape of painted skies red rock mesas fragrant piñon pine and earthen hued pueblo style dwellings. If adobe is not used rounded corners irregular parapets and thick battered walls are used to simulate it.