Vampire Weekend – Mansard Roof
So I was on a field review for my work yesterday and we visited this beautiful old heritage house built in the 1870′s. The thing that really struck me about this building was it’s stunning roof line. I would latter learn that this shapely roof line is called a ‘Mansard Roof’. Here’s a picture of the building we surveyed with the Mansard Roof on the right (hint: the building is located somewhere in downtown Toronto),
Well the first thing that came to mind when hearing about this ‘Mansard Roof’ was the similarly titled song from the American indie rock band Vampire Weekend. The song appears on their eponymous titled debut album Vampire Weekend and it is a gem. It’s always crazy making connections between everyday life and what you hear in music and I feel it makes the songs more personal and easy to relate to. Anyways, that’s your lesson in architecture for the day. Enjoy the song,
Vampire Weekend – Mansard Roof
