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The Three, a tall three-story A-frame with a gable balcony, on a steep alpine meadow with cloud on the ridge
Model 4 of 5 · 3 stories + loft

The Three

Three stories in the same profile. Enough height for a real house on a small footprint.

The Three uses the height of the shape. Two floors sit below the knee, so both are wide; the third lands just above it with a balcony in the gable, and the loft under the ridge is still large enough for a bedroom. It suits steep sites where the footprint is the constraint and the view is the point.

  • Two wide floors below the knee line
  • Third-floor balcony in the gable and a small balcony at the peak
  • Sleeping loft under the ridge
  • Small footprint for a large home
  • Elevator-ready stair core option
Floor area
3710 sq ft345 m²
Footprint
15′ 11″ × 42′4.9 m × 12.8 m
Width at knee
35′ 5″10.8 m
Ridge height
49′ 2″15.0 m
Knee height
16′ 9″5.1 m
Levels
4Main floor, 2nd floor, 3rd floor, Loft
Sleeps
6–8
Bedrooms
3–42–3 bath
Best for
Mountain sites · Steep lots · Multi-generation homes · Boutique lodges
Stair core of The Three: a black steel stair with oak treads beside a larch wall, lit by a tall narrow window
Looking up at the gable balcony of an AFRME: black steel rail, larch soffit converging toward the ridge

Built by AFRME on your site.

Plans, engineering and details worked out once, then built on your site by our own crew: weather-tight in weeks, keys in months. Feasibility first, a line-by-line estimate after design, a contract price before we break ground.

How we build

Reserve a 2027 build slot for The Three.

Free, and not a commitment. A reservation holds your place in the 2027 schedule and gets you pricing and the full scope before anyone else.

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