Examples of fractable decoration in Lancaster architecture [photos] Fractables are a design element, used around Lancaster city, to embellish an otherwise plain roof gable.

The roof defines a home. From a broad, gently sloping plane with a deep overhang to crossed gables punctuated by a rounded turret, roofs are characteristic of the style and period in which a home ...

Bonner, who runs architecture studio MALL, completed the three-storey Haus Gables in Atlanta's Old Fourth Ward neighbourhood. It sits on a 24-­foot­ (7.3-metre) wide plot with a breadth of just ...