Gable and hip roofs are two common styles you'll see on homes, but do you know the difference? The main distinguishing feature is how many sloped roof sections the house has and how the ends are ...

The construction sequence of a typical gable wall: a row of 3m-high precast concrete insulated sandwich panels was installed by crane. (At ground oor level the loadbearing inner leaf of each panel ...

The phrase ‘a roof over your head’ is usually used in reference to housing as a basic human right. Which gets you wondering; why not ‘walls around your ribs’ or ‘floor under your feet’? The answer ...

Architect Michael Viviano has worked with his mum and dad to create them this concrete and timber house with a gable roof in Houston, Texas. Situated on a narrow, noisy corner plot, the two-storey ...