架构师提供的文本描述。曾经是屋顶的时候。大多数情况下，它只是坐在那里避雨，但更重要的是，它看起来像一个屋顶。一个屋顶会以这样的方式支撑着自己，它有着明亮的山墙、休闲的臀部和坚固的山脊，让世界知道这座房子是一座房子。确实是一项崇高的任务。然而，在大多数情况下，一个屋顶对活跃下面的房间几乎没有什么作用。

Text description provided by the architects. Once was a time when a roof was a roof. Mostly it just sat up there to keep the rain off, but more importantly, it looked like a roof. A roof would hold itself in such a way, with its jaunty gables, casual hips and firm ridges, to let the world know that this house is a house. A noble task indeed. Yet, for the most part, a roof would do precious little to enliven the warren of rooms below.

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With Hip & Gable, Architecture Architecture pays homage to a dignified, long-serving Californian Bungalow, while enticing it to say a little more and to do a little more too. We began by studying its ways: it’s darkened plinth, bricked chimney stacks, outlined fascias, ribbed gables and deep, bruised eyes. We emulated these ways, lending contemporary inflection to old charms. Yet it was the roof where things really got smart.

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Floor Plan

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的确，屋顶仍然是一个屋顶。它栖息在房子的上方，为居住者提供庇护。但是，在天花板曾经低矮而平坦的地方，现在却变得宽宏大量，五花八门。一个温柔的下腹部已经显露出来，它提升和下降，阴影和照明，塑造了许多房间和心情的房子。

Indeed, the roof is still a roof. It rests over the house and it shelters its occupants. But where the ceilings were once low and flat, now they are generous and varied. A gentle underbelly has been revealed; it lifts and dips, shades and illuminates, shaping the many rooms and moods of the house.

在后院，一个斜靠的臀部懒洋洋地躺在卧室的机翼上，而一个专注的山墙站在更正式的居住空间上。他们并肩作战，就像一只狗的耳朵，一只警觉，另一只顽皮，为接下来的一切做好准备。

From the backyard, a reclining hip casually slouches over the bedroom wing, while an attentive gable stands to attention over the more formal living spaces. Side by side, they are like the ears of a dog, one alert and the other playful, ready for whatever comes next.

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