An architectural curiosity with charming original details and modern updates, this dwelling was part of a brief fad for octagonal living in the 19th century. Eight-sided houses popped up in small ...

Motorists traveling on Green Street can’t help noticing an unusual-looking house, unlike anything else in the city. Many know it as “The Octagon House” because of its distinctive eight-sided design, ...

Lawrence Zechmeister, owner of Zack’s Workshoppe in St. Clair Shores, Mich., is a builder of “artistic cupolas.” These are replicas of the louvered towers on house and barn roofs that traditionally ...

WEXFORD COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- A unique building in Wexford County is getting a new home after being condemned for six years. It looks a little different now that the cupola has been taken off.

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: ...

BOCA GRANDE -- The lighthouse on the southern tip of Gasparilla Island will get a brand-new cupola -- the steel octagon that sits atop the building and houses the lights. The rust-damaged cupola is ...

Even though we live in a world where Frank Gehry can design buildings that resemble crumpled pieces of paper, most houses are square. The standardization of building parts, the sizing of building ...