Let’s first get something straight: the famous flounder house style in St. Louis did not originate out of an attempt to trick the tax man into thinking a house was incomplete, therefore lowering a ...

Three multi-hipped roof lines are echoed in the separate living area of this 2,156-square-foot, four-bedroom home. From the skylighted front entry, a hall leads to three bedrooms, one with a vaulted ...

Without a doubt, jerkinhead is one of the more curious words in the architectural dictionary. Although it may sound strange, it is a very common architectural roof detail found on many homes and ...

(This is the second article in a series about Portland's most popular types of houses.) The Pyramid is the type of dwelling that doesn't call a lot of attention to itself. Like a tag-along little ...