I've always loved A-frames except for their unusable wall space. The shelves placed around the perimeter would make it feel cozy to me. The one I lived in was full of hodge podge freestanding shelving and furniture up against sloping walls.

I'd need more pictures, but hanging a few (just a few) on the slopes would give it just the touch to make it less sterile)

I'd love to hear from the owners if this was actually built someday - and something about it screams for cork floors to me.

Lovely! Would cost an arm and a leg to heat and cool, though - especially during Massachusetts winters!

I saw this a couple weeks back - It's a great design.

http://www.archdaily.com/58210/allandale-house-william-obrien-jr/

I want to live there!!!

It looks like a church.

Oh my. That looks really good. Does anybody know who designed the dining chairs and dining table?

This makes me feel exactly the opposite of how A-frames usually make me feel.

I have lived in similar styles. They are inefficient for heating and cooling, and a lot of materials go into them with little return in useable space. Some people may like the look but the amount of resources used for your return seems wasteful these days.

Yikes!

@peachpie--

This house is a perfect candidate for radiant in-floor heating.

As far as cooling, a ceiling fan and open windows would be quite sufficient since heat rises naturally...
...and with the proper orientation and some clear space, an entire side of the house could easily be fitted w/ solar panels, which would work well into the winter as the snow would naturally slide off the panels and the angle of the lower sun would provide more efficient power for heating.

Very nice. But I wonder what the sq/ft price would be. The simpler the design, the more expensive it is.

@minimalist1 - this is so not true. my folks retired to the country about a yr ago, and their architect designed 3 small, simple, rectangular buildings that all opened onto the big deck, and they had a very low sq/ft price for the house.

I love this design, the photography is beautiful, and I've always loved a-frames, but after having just come back from holidaying in one my first thought is the cobwebs that are sure to accumulate in the ceiling space!!

It's so serene.... just beautiful.

headphonesilence -

the chairs are the Steelwood by the Bouroullec brothers for Magis

the table I am not certain about, but the Conran Shop had a nearly identical design in a console size before they moved to ABC (it was oak).

I love the low maintance of A frames and the ease of gutter cleaning.

I love the end windows in this building, it makes the room light and airy.

Square buildings use the least material for the square footage compared to other shapes.
400 sq ft
20x20 equals 80 linear feet of outside walls
10x40 equals 100 linear feet of outside walls
However A frame versus regular frame will depend on the price of roofing versus siding etc....

bepsf....Yes of course you can add expensive solar panels and infloor heating and any and all other manner of heating and cooling. My point is that the A frame shape is inherently a design that is more difficult to heat and cool and that they use far more materials for the return in useable space.

Whatever, if you like them go for it. I would never live in one again. Even with a wood stove and overhead "solar" run fans temperature control was difficult, and the lack of useable space annoying.

....You are paying to heat and cool all that square footage that you have no access to. Just my personal observations from living in one for 5 years. But it does look cool.

I want to move in just for the view! Is Allandale in NY?

Thank you for sharing the information about the chairs Aaron!

Wow. Beautiful.