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the architectural rebel that punches a window through the roof and demands light.
means A dormer is a structural window that projects vertically from a sloping roof, creating headroom and light in an attic or upper room.
from From French 'dormeor,' meaning a sleeping room or dormitory — itself rooted in Latin 'dormire,' to sleep. The thread is the same one that runs through 'dormitory' and 'dormant': these windows first lit the bedrooms tucked up under the eaves, so the name quietly marks where people went to sleep, even after the rooms below filled with desks and clutter.
- name origin
- From Latin dormitorium, the sleeping room it once lit
- adds space
- Turns useless attic slope into livable headroom
- types abound
- Gabled, hipped, shed, eyebrow, and bonneted varieties exist
- eyebrow style
- Curves like a wave with no straight sides