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An Inside Look at Living Roofs An Inside Look at Living Roofs Online Membership Required

If you follow this approach toward energy savings, storm-water control, and progressive design, you had better get the details right by Roxi Thoren

A Brick Rehab Meets LEED's Highest StandardsOnline Membership Required

Solar panels aside, you can’t see the upgrades that make this downtown remodel so energy efficient by Richard Renner

Reproducing historic architectural details
Reproducing historic architectural detailsOnline Membership Required

When a train station's 120-year-old roof brackets decay, a carpenter braces the roof and constructs a detailed template to guide the restoration  by Brian Campbell

How Great Houses Take ShapeOnline Membership Required

An architect explains how to use the six principles of massing to shape a distinctive small home by Jeremiah Eck

Neighborly From the StartOnline Membership Required

A new home combines privacy, daylight, and durability, and fits comfortably into a traditional neighborhood by Charlie Witzke

Smart Massing Adds Space and Light

Go inside this lakeside cottage to see how massing influences interior shapes  by Jeremiah Eck

Composing roof penetrationsOnline Membership Required

A litany of options for roof penetrations ensure that this connection stays tight by Russell Hamlet

Can this dormer be saved?
Q & A: Can this dormer be saved?

by Michael Maines

Designing the right roof rake
Designing the right roof rakeOnline Membership Required

Among the important details on a roof is the rake, the sloping edge along the end wall of a gable, shed, or gambrel roof by Katie Hutchison

Designing shed dormers
Designing shed dormers

With its long, simple roof, a shed dormer adds the most floor space and more opportunities for windows than other dormer types by Katie Hutchison

Finishing Touches: Dormers
Finishing Touches: DormersOnline Membership Required

Doing different things with dormers

Old Barn Inspires New HouseOnline Membership Required

A traditional design adapts nicely to a residential site by Robert Weatherall

A House for the End of Cheap OilOnline Membership Required

Healthful, light-filled, and energy-efficient, this home reaches back to its California past and toward a sustainable future by David Arkin

Daylight and the Row HouseOnline Membership Required

In an old city neighborhood, a glass cupola delivers sunlight to showcase the interior of a dazzling new home by Tanis Shaw, Gene Shaw

Big Gable Hides a Boring RanchOnline Membership Required

A change in a ranch's ridgeline transforms a suburban house without disturbing the neighborhood by Frank Riepe

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