Here is another cantilever  view while we’re adding the roof sheathing.  (Left to right:  Helmut, Alex, David, Tim.  Other crew members out of view.)   You could describe the house as having only three sides.  The back is all floor-to-ceiling windows, providing a view over the...

This is the view of the house from the street.  As seen in the first (composite) photo, the garage will be in front of the main house, partially obscuring what you see here.  The big unfinished cube structure sticking up on this front-left corner is the observation deck.  From here, there...

This photo allows you to see some of the beauty and appreciate the strength of the steel trusses that form the upper walls and roof.  While the floor-plan and concept engineering of the house were designed by Helmut and Michelle, the detail engineering that actually makes the house stand up...

There’s a large hill of dirt, still left over from excavating the basement.  This is a composite photo of the house, with steel complete for the main roof, but the garage only beginning on top of the garage slab.