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In San Francisco, a rare octagon house—a throwback to an architectural fad that once swept the nation—is slated to come on the market for $8.6 million. In the 1850s, the time the property was ...

Once finished in 2025, the 155 metre (509ft) tall Octagon tower in Paradise will end the BT Tower's near 60-year reign as the city's tallest building. For now, the concrete core is roughly a quarter ...

This rare style flourished for a brief period in the mid-19th century, when author, lecturer and amateur architect Orson S. Fowler published a book extolling the virtues of the eight-sided dwelling: ...

The three tiny fingerprints ensure that the life of the child who long ago touched the newly-made brick won’t be forgotten. Derek Orr is determined to preserve and tell as much of the child’s story as ...

Children call it the “wedding cake house.” Richmond’s octagon house is more than a landmark in an old mill village.

PLAINVILLE, N.Y. – Since her childhood, after her family made the short move from Baldwinsville to Plainville in the late 1980s, Katie Rice Allen has been enamored with the small hamlet’s most ...