page_title: A-frame building
hierarchical_section_title: A-frame building
caption_attribution_description: English: Rudolph Schindler's original A-frame house, 1934.
context_page_description: An A-frame house or other A-frame building is an architectural house or building style featuring steeply-angled sides that usually begin at or near the foundation line, and meet at the top in the shape of the letter A. An A-frame ceiling can be open to the top rafters.
  Although the triangle shape of the A-frame has been present throughout history, it surged in popularity around the world from roughly the mid-1950s through the 1970s. It was during the post–World War II era that the A-frame acquired its most defining characteristics.
context_section_description: An A-frame house or other A-frame building is an architectural house or building style featuring steeply-angled sides (roofline) that usually begin at or near the foundation line, and meet at the top in the shape of the letter A. An A-frame ceiling can be open to the top rafters.
  Although the triangle shape of the A-frame has been present throughout history, it surged in popularity around the world from roughly the mid-1950s through the 1970s. It was during the post–World War II era that the A-frame acquired its most defining characteristics.
caption: The Bennati House, in Lake Arrowhead, California.  Rudolph Schindler's original A-frame design, 1934.
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