A whimsical icon of American architecture, an A-frame house is exactly what it sounds like: a building constructed in the shape of the letter A. Its steep, gabled roof extends all the way to the ...

Since it’s pre-fabricated, this two-story tiny home will be practically set to live in upon arrival. The galvanized steel frame unfolds to reveal a dual-floor layout; plus, it’s designed with ...

The A-frame house is an icon. With its steep roofline, it became a wildly popular building type, particularly in vacation homes, through the mid-’50s and ’60s. Now a company called Everywhere Inc.

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Learn how to build an a frame house (complete with a cozy sleeping loft) in this illustrated, step-by-step guide. One of the sturdiest of all structures is the A-frame, whose skeleton consists simply ...

It wasn’t so long ago that the humble A-frame house — so named because of its silhouette’s similarity to the triangular letter — was a bygone architectural relic. These small chalets, which flourished ...