Architect Mark Halstead sees more than most people when he looks at the split-level houses in his neighborhood. He likes the homes that feature roofs with large overhangs, prominent windows and stone ...

In architecture, split-level houses are typically in response to a plot's uneven or sloping topography. In the case of the houses featured here, their split level interiors are a matter of function, ...

The 1970s raised ranch house that Jack and Annelise Simmons inherited from her folks had one redeeming value: location. It was on a Dunnsville, Va., property that has been in her family since the ...

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