The nearly square auditorium for meetings constitutes the principal mass, surmounted by a pitched roof.

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The new model, called the Lofthouse, resembles a classic New England home, pitched roof and all.

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Wisely, that plan was scaled down and re-envisioned as a single extremely long shed with a double-pitched roof.

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The hotel -- with a tower topped by a sharply pitched pyramidal roof -- became the Art Deco trendsetter for Shanghai as soon as it opened its doors in 1929.

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