You may have noticed modern architectural design often uses flat roofs for homes. Other than the aesthetic reasons, here are the advantages of a flat roof.

The home, dubbed Clay Roof House, faces due west in Petaling Jaya, Selango, Malaysia, and is subject to harsh sunlight in the mornings and afternoon.

We share what you need to know about different types of roof tiles so you can find the solution that’s best for your home ...

Besides making modern homes feel “more like cozy cave dwellings,” green roofs provide thermal properties that help lower your electrical and heating bills, according to Feldman.

Discover the transformation of an old farmhouse into a contemporary abode made with recycled materials and topped with a green roof in Park City, Utah.

While a roof serve the basic purpose of protecting a house’s interior, it also plays a major role in defining a home’s personality.

These types of roofs are often found in hot climates because the thick clay or concrete tiles help keep the homes cooler. And while clay and concrete tiles are expensive, they do have an excellent ...

Carney Logan Burke designed Cache Creek Residence, a modern and cost-effective home with a climbing wall in Wyoming.

Most clay tile was of a standard width and length of 6 1/3″ X 13 1/2″ or rounded to 7″ X 14″ to be overlapped on a strong timbered truss roof.

And, unlike quickly fashioned frontier homes built by the Scotch-Irish, the sturdy 1753 Keim Germanic home with its clay tiled ancillary building roof and salmon brick arches, built by ...

There is no better a cultural material tie than between Rhineland natives who settled the Pennsylvania Dutch Country and used medieval orange clay roof tile that still protect our ancestral homes ...