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Shed Style is an American residential architectural style that emerged in the 1960s and peaked in popularity during the 1970s and 1980s, defined chiefly by its use of single-sloped shed roofs. Its buildings are typically one to two stories, marked by overall asymmetry, strong lines and a seamless intersection between roof and wall. Charles Willard Moore and Robert Venturi were its leading architects, exemplified respectively by Moore's Sea Ranch development in California and Venturi's Vanna Venturi House. The style largely stopped being built after the mid to late 1980s, in part because its distinctive roof forms proved more costly to maintain than conventional designs.

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