These simple but elegant gambrel roof structures have been popular on hay barns for many years. There's no reason, though, why the classic gambrel cannot be used on other kinds of structures (such as ...

Every day, I see more new traditional-style homes topped by tortured, often incomprehensible roofscapes. Variety is good. Surprise is good. Bedlam isn’t. You can’t design an interesting roof simply by ...

For most of us, our home is the most expensive purchase of our lives, but are we ignoring the true cost of home ownership? All new homes built in Australia must have an efficiency rating of at least ...

Modern homes come in all shapes and sizes, but it seems that architects are opting to take a simpler route these days when it comes to creating amazing designs. Case in point is the beautiful BL House ...

Canada's National Research Council is offering a computer tool that is designed to make it simple for construction engineers to use the National Building Code of Canada to design roof cladding that ...