The hero of this house is a king post truss that opens the living rooms ... zones without the hindrance of a structural post. The pitched roof speaks to that of the original heritage part of ...

The first layer on top of the plywood or OSB roof deck is underlayment. For this, we chose a self-healing ice-and-water ...

Black steel wraps the 570-square-foot retreat—complete with an art space and bedroom loft—on a rugged site north of Reykjavík.