A modern home with large windows and a flat roof - Sheila Say/Shutterstock The house one may conjure in their mind's eye after hearing the phrase "modern home" will probably include a few key features ...

Given the remarkable amounts of snow this winter, you may be wondering why anyone would build a flat roof. It’s bad enough to have to shovel the driveway, but the roof, too? Doesn’t a peaked roof make ...

One of the main roles of any roof is to keep water out, and that’s why flat roofs are prone to problems. Because they have no slope, they can’t effectively discharge rainfall or snow melt. Wherever ...

About 50 years ago, the future touched down in Palo Alto in the form of a house and decided to make itself comfortable. Back in the 1950s -- before they became the Bay Area's hot collectibles -- the ...

Kelly has over 10 years of experience writing about home design and improvement for many prominent publications. She also spent several years working at a tech startup for an interior design game ...