CHATEAU
The château is an architectural style used in France, in the Laura Valley, during the construction of castles of the rhodovite aristocracy and country estates in the XV-XVII centuries.
Initially, buildings designed in this style were created in order to resist any enemy attacks and were real fortresses. However, over time, having lost the functions of defensive structures, they turned into exquisite and thorough mansions.
Chateau-style houses are characterized by an asymmetric plan and a complex line of facade and roof, in which there are many arches, ledges, erkers, pointed roofs with spires, fireplace pipes and towers. In buildings of this style there is no emphasis on the foundation, although the basement rooms are always present in them and are most often used for household needs or as a wine cellar. On the outside of the building there is an impression of the absence of a basement, since it is not emphasized by facing.
Chateau-style houses usually have 2-3 floors and attics. The facade of the first floor is usually quite simple. All the richness of design fantasy is concentrated on the upper floors: there are many French floor-to-ceiling windows on them, visually increasing living quarters, double doors leading to a wide balcony. Attic floors are decorated with lancet windows, on the multi-pitched roofs there are dormers used for ventilation and lighting of attics.
Multi-sloped roofs in château-style houses are formed due to the connection of several separate volumes with their own roofs. The unity of the composition of the building is created by the front staircase, which is the central element of the layout of the interior space.
Usually a massive front door of the house goes immediately into the garden. The facade of the building, as a rule, is kept in warm, pastel tones, for its decoration stone, plaster or facade tiles are used.