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2. A-frame building - Wikipedia

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   A-frame buildings are an ancient form in Europe (e.g. cruck frame construction or grubenhaus ), China, and the South Pacific islands. Sometimes called a roof hut, these were simple structures used for utilitarian purposes until the 1950s. [ 2] In 1934, R. M. Schindler built the first modern A-frame house, for owner Gisela Bennati, in Lake ...

3. Kit house - Wikipedia

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   Depending on the size and style of the plan, the materials needed to construct a typical house, including perhaps 10,000–30,000 pieces of lumber and other building material, [4] would be shipped by rail, filling one or two railroad boxcars, [6] [7] which would be loaded at the company's mill and sent to the customer's home town, where they would be parked on a siding or in a freight yard for ...

4. Sears Modern Homes - Wikipedia

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   In 1908, Sears issued its first specialty catalog for houses, Book of Modern Homes and Building Plans, featuring 44 house styles ranging in price from US $360–$2,890. The first mail order for a Sears house was filled that year.

5. How Much Does It Cost To Build a House? - AOL

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   House plans can cost $500 to $20,000, depending on how basic or complicated your designs are. If you need the services of design professionals, you can expect to pay between $50-$250 per hour.

6. Modular building - Wikipedia

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   Modular building. Prefabricated house in Valencia, Spain. A modular building is a prefabricated building that consists of repeated sections called modules. [ 1] Modularity involves constructing sections away from the building site, then delivering them to the intended site. Installation of the prefabricated sections is completed on site.

7. List of house types - Wikipedia

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   A hut is a dwelling of relatively simple construction, usually one room and one story in height. The design and materials of huts vary widely around the world. Roundhouse: a house built with a circular plan. Broch: a Scottish roundhouse. Trullo: a traditional Apulian stone dwelling with a conical roof. Igloo.