such as a hipped-roof bungalow with a shed-roof porch or a stately Dutch Colonial embellished with rows of gabled dormers. What's more, a roof's pitch is just as evocative: The precipitous gables ...

The primary shed roof faces south to maximize solar exposure on the photovoltaic array, while the lower-standing seam metal form folds down to cover the deep front porch and wraps around the ...