A new, modern triangle-shaped retreat peeks out from the rich, forested countryside around Lake Placid in the USA. The A-Frame house, a distinct residential typology often found in North America that ...

Between the 1950s and early 1970s, A-frame houses were the vacation homes of the moment. Their cartoonishly oversized roofs became potent status symbols for post-war middle-class families with money ...

Popular in the '60s and '70s, the A-frame was a relatively inexpensive house to build – the walls served as the roof and the footprint wasn't too great. But they had their drawbacks, notably the steep ...