Fact checked by Marcus ReevesFact checked by Marcus Reeves The roof eaves of a house serve both decorative and practical functions for a home. Eaves are characteristic of classic architecture.

Roof eaves protect the side of the house and the house’s foundation, plus they serve as a decorative element. Roof eaves contain smaller elements that do many things: Water coursing down the ...

“House with Eaves and an Attic” This is a house located in Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo. The characteristic of this area is the hilly landscape. The site is located on the top of the hill and half of the ...

Courtesy of ON design partners. So we decided to set the house on the flat part of the site which is approximately 4.5m×16m foot print. By building a big roof with almost the same inclination of ...

Closed eaves: This overhang style has a soffit that conceals the eaves' underside, where the eave's bottom tip connects to ...

Designed by Japanese architects ON design, the house conceals two of its three storeys behind the overhanging roof, which also shelters a stretch of land around the building's perimeter. There are ...