Here you can see an updated view of the porch and garage gable.  The porch steel will be exposed and painted in a rust color.  The garage gable will have a faux truss on the front, also exposed steel and painted rust color.

Here is another composite photo taken from on top of the hill of basement excavation dirt.  Compare it to the composite below.

The roof finally goes on and we’re dried in… except for the doors and windows.  The floor-to-ceiling windows in the back are still not on yet, as of this writing..

Here is another composite photo taken from on top of the hill of basement excavation dirt.  Compare it to the steel framing further below.  Click the image to enlarge it and see the whole thing, because this thumbnail view is cutting off most of the sides.

My new nephew, Lukas, was born during construction.  This was the piece of steel structure we were working on exactly when he was born.

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...