rooftop terraces

Building-top outdoor spaces

Rooftop terraces are outdoor living spaces built on the flat roof of a building, typically featuring seating areas, plants, or dining setups.

Common in urban areas where ground-level outdoor space is scarce, they appear on residential buildings, hotels, and restaurants: The apartment's rooftop terrace overlooked the city skyline.

We had drinks on the rooftop terrace.

Opposites
vertical location

rooftop terracescourtyards

Enclosed open-air spaces

wine cellars · underground parking · bunkers · basements · basement

enclosure/exposure

rooftop terracesenclosed spaces

Areas with boundaries

attics

urban amenity type

rooftop terracespublic parks

Communal outdoor recreation areas

parking lots · alleyways

Family

roof, terrace, roofs, roofed, roofing, roofer, tops, topped, topmost

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G