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Bungalow. Though real estate agents may use the term to reference any small house, true bungalows are one- or one-and-a-half stories with two or three bedrooms. They span a total of 1,000 to 2,000 ...
A wooden house in Tartu, Estonia. This is a list of house types. Houses can be built in a large variety of configurations. A basic division is between free-standing or single-family detached homes and various types of attached or multi-family residential dwellings. Both may vary greatly in scale and the amount of accommodation provided.
This list of house styles lists styles of vernacular architecture – i.e., outside any academic tradition – used in the design of houses. African [ edit ] Cape Dutch (South Africa)
Temporary structures – Quonset hut, Nissen hut, prefabricated home. Underground – Underground living, rock-cut architecture, monolithic church, pit-house. Modern low-energy systems – Straw-bale construction, earthbag construction, rice-hull bagwall construction, earthship, earth house. Various styles – Longhouse.
Japanese architecture (日本建築, Nihon kenchiku) has been typified by wooden structures, elevated slightly off the ground, with tiled or thatched roofs. Sliding doors ( fusuma) and other traditional partitions were used in place of walls, allowing the internal configuration of a space to be customized for different occasions.
Low-rise (less than 7 stories) Mid-rise (7–25 stories) High-rise (more than 25 stories), including skyscrapers (over 40 stories) Office buildings by quality [3] [4] Trophy or 5-star building: A landmark property designed by a recognized architect. Class A or 4-star building: Rents in the top 30-40% of the local market; well-located; above ...
This categorizes the various types of house, residence, dwelling, domicile or habitation used by people across the world. See also Category:House styles for articles about various architectural styles used in domestic architecture.
The Iroquois (Haudenosaunee or "People of the Longhouses") who resided in the Northeastern United States as well as Central Canada ( Ontario and Quebec) built and inhabited longhouses. These were sometimes more than 75 m (246 ft) in length but generally around 5 to 7 m (16 to 23 ft) wide. Scholars believe walls were made of sharpened and fire ...
Ranch (also known as American ranch, California ranch, rambler, or rancher) is a domestic architectural style that originated in the United States. The ranch-style house is noted for its long, close-to-the-ground profile, and wide open layout. The style fused modernist ideas and styles with notions of the American Western period of wide open ...
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