On a warm October day, six kids tromped up Pancake Hill at Moretown’s Pony Farm toward a half-built A-frame structure they’d worked on over the last month. The 7- to 12-year-olds gathered in a circle, ...

Initially envisioned as a boat house, this compact private residence was developed out of a two-week design-build course, taught by principal Peter Braithwaite, at the Dalhousie School of Architecture ...

Q. I’d like your honest opinion, Tim. A-frame houses have always appealed to me, and I think I want to build one. I’ve done scads of research on these unusual homes, and I’m convinced it’s the right ...