The Skeleton
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The flat slab of Point Zero is secure, but now Mason Vance must face the vertical reality of structural physics. In The Skeleton, the 1,260-square-foot Class-II Gabled Cottage finally transitions from an abstract drawing into a three-dimensional shape. The thrill of watching the load-bearing exterior walls rise is short-lived, however, when a devastating discovery reveals that the framing crew completely misread the engineering requirements for the central carrying beam-threatening the stru...


