If you're torn between a mansard or dormer loft conversion, our guide is here to steer you towards the right option for your ...

Self-build expert Mark Stevenson talks through your options for converting a loft with a low roof to ensure you have adequate head height ...

A group of dormers are set into the sloping roof of this house in Tokushima by Japanese studio FujiwaraMuro Architects, enabling daylight to reach rooms raised above a protective grassy bank ...

A group of dormers are set into the sloping roof of this house in Tokushima by Japanese studio FujiwaraMuro Architects, enabling daylight to reach rooms raised above a protective grassy bank ...

This home on Nicolosi Drive in Huguenot looks like a European setting after a snow fall on its pitched roof and gable dormer in 2019. (Staten Island Advance/ Jan Somma-Hammel) Staff-Shot.

Once you have selected your dormer windows, this will determine the height and width of the front face of the dormer. Now you have to determine the pitch of the dormer roof that allows for the 1 ...

The roof defines a home. From a broad, gently sloping plane with a deep overhang to crossed gables punctuated by a rounded turret, roofs are characteristic of the style and period in which a home ...