If you look at the homes in your area, chances are that most of them will have gable roofs. A gable-style roof is one of the most common types you'll see in the U.S. because of its many advantages.

Nova Scotia–based MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects has built several steel-clad gabled houses like the East Dover House, shown here, because the material blends in with cliffside landscapes, rusts ...

The first layer on top of the plywood or OSB roof deck is underlayment. For this, we chose a self-healing ice-and-water membrane to protect the shallow-pitched roof deck. The tricky part in laying the ...

The barrel-vaulted roof of the 9.9 x 4.2m first-floor studio spans 10 metres, supported only at the four corners. The two curved gables of the vault frame a glazed lunette; the end walls are of cavity ...

Of all Southern California’s signature architectural elements, the most distinctive may be the butterfly roof. The V-shaped feature, also known as an inverted gable roof, was popularized in the region ...

A roof in good condition is much better able to stand the torture inflicted upon it by a storm and provide that much needed first line of defense against hurricanes. According to a roofing industry ...

Brooklyn-based studio Group Projects Architecture has nestled a long gabled house clad in corrugated metal in a meadow in North East, New York. The 2,800-square-foot (260-square metre) house sits in a ...