Gable Walls and Rooflines: The Skyline is a Curve

An upward shot from the street of the top of an Art Nouveau building. The roofline is not a horizontal cornice, but a curved gable that gently rises from low points on both sides to form a soft peak in the center, edged with a stone-carved curling leaf motif; a horseshoe-shaped round window opens in the middle of the gable, behind which is a blue-gray slate roof and several sculptural chimneys. The sky is a soft blue. Avoid: The roof is a flat, straight horizontal cornice, the gable is a classical triangle, modern water towers and antennas appear on the roof, the chimneys are ordinary square brick columns.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

從街上仰拍一棟新藝術建築的頂部。屋頂線不是水平的簷口,而是從兩側低處緩緩升起、在中央形成一個柔和尖頂的曲線山牆,邊緣以一道石雕的捲曲葉片收邊;山牆中間開著一扇馬蹄形的圓窗,後方是藍灰色的石板瓦屋頂與幾支雕塑般的煙囪。天空是柔和的藍色。避免:屋頂是平直的水平簷口、山牆是古典的三角形、屋頂上出現現代的水塔與天線、煙囪是普通的方形磚柱。