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The Bennati House, in Lake Arrowhead, California. Rudolph Schindler's original A-frame design, 1934. An example of an A-frame house in Gillette, Wyoming Traditional A-frame thatched house (palheiro), Santana, Madeira, Portugal An A-frame house owned and restored by Nicky Panicci in the Hollywood Hills, an example of an architectural A-frame.
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A-frame gable-style house, Portugal A gablefront house or gablefront cottage has a gable roof that faces its street or avenue , as in the novel The House of Seven Gables . A-frame : so-called because the steep roofline, reaching to or near the ground, makes the gable ends resemble a capital letter A.
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An A-frame is a basic structure designed to bear a load in a lightweight economical manner. The simplest form of an A-frame is two similarly sized beams , arranged in an angle of 45 degrees or less, attached at the top, like an uppercase letter 'A'.
The origins of boxed construction is unknown. The term box-frame was used in a reconstruction manual in 1868 after the American Civil War. [19] Box house may also be a nickname for Classic Box or American Foursquare architectural styles in North America, and is also not to be confused with a general type of timber framing called a box frame.
She may also wind up a Hollywood movie star, too, if plans for a combo animated/live action Hello Kitty feature film announced in 2019, continue to move forward. Though her name has been ...
McIntire Garrison House (1707) in York, Maine, a prototype of the garrison style. The overhang in timber framing is called jettying. Olsen-Hesketh House, Blake Road, Brownfield, Maine, a contemporary garrison colonial built 1988–89. A garrison is an architectural style of house, typically two stories with the second story overhanging in the ...