Roof construction on a home in Brdjani, Serbia


Related person
Ethnographic Museum in Belgrade (was created by)
Description
This image shows two views of a finished roof renovation on an old Serbian home from the late 19th century. The renovation was supervised by Boze Petrovic, who was contracted by the owners due to his repuatation for fusing traditional Serbian design and aesthetics with contemporary building methods. Keywords: overhang, timber construction. Submitted by Rastko Ruzic for the Ethnographic Museum in Belgrade.
Style/Period
20th Century (1900 - 1999)
Vernacular
Material
heavy timber frame construction
stone and/or rock
wood (hardwood or softwood)
Source
Pantelic, N. and Petrovic, Z. (1986). Graditeljsko nasledje i podsticaj. Belgrade: Radisa Timotic for the Ethnographic Museum in Belgrade