House types

thumb|A traditional Kyrgyzs|Kyrgyz yurt thumb|A Karakalpaks|Karakalpak bentwood type "yourte" in [[Khwarezm (or Karakalpakstan), Uzbekistan]] thumb|Turkmen woman at the entrance to a yurt in Turkestan; 1913 picture by Prokudin-Gorsky

thumb|upright=1.35|Community of igluit (Illustration from Charles Francis Hall's Arctic Researches and Life Among the Esquimaux, 1865) An igloo (Inuit languages: or , Inuktitut syllabics ; plural: ), also known as a snow house or snow hut, is a type of shelter built of suitable snow.

thumb|right|300px|The Villa Medici in Fiesole with early terraced hillside [[landscape by Leon Battista Alberti]] thumb|The Tamminiemi|Villa Tamminiemi, an [[Art Nouveau styled villa and house museum in Helsinki, Finland]]

thumb|An Oglala Lakota tipi, 1891

houses raised on piles over the surface of the soil or a body of water

platform or building constructed around, next to or among the trunk or branches of one or more mature trees while above ground level

thumb|right|Apache wickiup, by [[Edward S. Curtis, 1903]] thumb|200px|Apache wickiup A wigwam, wikiup, wetu (Wampanoag), or wiigiwaam (Ojibwe, in syllabics: ) is a semi-permanent domed dwelling formerly used by certain Native American tribes and First Nations people and still used for ceremonial events. The term wikiup is generally used to refer to these kinds of dwellings in the Southwestern United States and Western United States and Northwest Alberta, Canada, while wigwam is usually applied to these structures in the Northeastern United States as well as Ontario and Quebec in Central Canada

right|300px|thumb|Soviet-era dacha with hammer and sickle in Yekaterinburg A dacha () is a seasonal or year-round second home, often located in the exurbs of post-Soviet countries, including Russia. A cottage (, '''') or shack serving as a family's main or only home, or an outbuilding, is not considered a dacha, although some dachas recently have been converted to year-round residences and vice versa.

historically, the main residence of the lord of the manor

housing facility intended for senior citizens

thumb|300px|The Palace of Versailles|Château de Versailles, France's best-known château

thumb|right|An American college dormitory room in 2002 A dormitory (originated from the Latin word dormitorium, often abbreviated to dorm,) is a room that sleeps multiple people. It may also refer (in the United States) to a building primarily providing sleeping and residential quarters for large numbers of people such as student accommodation for university or college students, or, with reference to military personnel, a barracks.

thumb|A cottage on Inch Island, Ireland

house or other building often perceived as being inhabited by disembodied spirits of the deceased

thumb|right|Brown brick bungalow with roof windows in Reedsburg, Wisconsin, U.S. A bungalow is a small house or cottage that is typically single- or one-and-a-half-storey. If a smaller upper storey exists, then it is frequently set in the roof and windows that come out from the roof. It may be surrounded by wide verandas.

thumb|300px|Row of trullo houses on Monte Pertica street in Alberobello, [[Bari Province, Apulia, southern Italy]] A trullo (plural, trulli) is a traditional Apulian dry stone hut with a conical roof. Their style of construction is specific to the Itria Valley, in the Murge area of the Italian region of Apulia. Trulli were generally constructed as temporary field shelters and storehouses or as permanent dwellings by small proprietors or agricultural labourers. In the town of Alberobello, in the province of Bari, whole districts contain dense concentrations of trulli. The golden age of trulli w

house that does not require fossil energy supply

thumb|A North American Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast|Pacific Northwest Coast-style longhouse at the Museum of Anthropology at the [[University of British Columbia]] A longhouse or long house is a type of long, proportionately narrow, single or multi-room building for communal dwelling. It has been built in various parts of the world including Asia, Europe, and North America.

Chinese rural dwellings and a world heritage site

thumb|A houseboat on Lake Union in [[Seattle, Washington, US|alt=A houseboat on Lake Union in Seatlle, Washington, US]] thumb|Houseboat Cornelia in Ystad, Sweden, 2018

thumb|right|Schematic plan of a megaron complex. 1: anteroom, 2: hall (main room), 3: columns in portico and hall. thumb|right|Foundation of the megaron complex at Mycenae, view from the main hall (circular hearth visible in foreground) through the anteroom and porch The megaron (; , , : megara ) was the great hall in very early Mycenean and ancient Greek palace complexes. Architecturally, it was a rectangular hall that was supported by four columns, fronted by an open, two-columned portico, and had a central, open hearth that vented though an oculus in the roof.

buildings used to store ice throughout the year, commonly used prior to the invention of the refrigerator

individual house in a terrace of houses

residential properties usually owned by a government

A ' (; name in South Korea) or chosŏnjip''''' (; name in North Korea and for Koreans in Yanbian, China) is a traditional Korean house. were first designed and built in the 14th century during the Joseon dynasty.

thumb|300px|A Neo-Gothic mansion in Comillas ([[Cantabria), Spain]] thumb|Drumthwacket, the official mansion of residence for the governor of [[New Jersey]] thumb|Gelbensande Manor, an 1885 [[Gründerzeit style mansion built for hunting, near Rostock, Germany]]

thumb|A reconstructed crannog near Kenmore, Perth and Kinross, on [[Loch Tay, Scotland]]

In ancient Rome, the domus (: domūs, genitive: domūs or domī) was the type of town house occupied by the upper classes and some wealthy freedmen during the Republican and Imperial eras. It was found in almost all the major cities throughout the Roman territories. The modern English word domestic comes from Latin domesticus, which is derived from the word domus. Along with a domus in the city, many of the richest families of ancient Rome also owned a separate country house known as a villa. Many chose to live primarily, or even exclusively, in their villas; these homes were generally much grand

simple dwelling constructed of logs

thumb|A large shack near Pigeon Forge, Tennessee

thumb|upright=1.25|Reconstruction of a pit-house in Chotěbuz, Czechia

architectural and social movement to live in small homes

thumb|A farmhouse (at bottom) in Einsiedeln, Switzerland thumb|The Devil's Farmhouse in [[Mellieħa, Malta, built by the Order of St. John with limestone]]

thumb|260px|right|Yunnan, [[Kunming]] A siheyuan (; [sɹ̩̂.xɤ̌.ɥɛ̂n];Sìhéyuàn) is a traditional Chinese architectural style characterized by a courtyard enclosed by buildings on all four sides. This design was prevalent throughout northern China, notably in Beijing and rural Shanxi. Historically, siheyuan served as the foundational layout for various structures, including residences, palaces, temples, monasteries, family businesses, and government offices.

type of temporary dwelling

shelter for humans or domesticated animals and livestock based on a hole or depression dug into the ground

200px|thumb|Patwon Ji Ki Haveli, Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India.

free-standing residential building

250px|thumb|Canvas-sided sukkah on a roof, topped with palm branches and bamboo s'chach 250px|thumb|Sukkah with walls made of cardboard signs in Oakland, California

type of multi-family residential house with specific architecture which evolved in Europe during the 18th and 19th centuries

thumb|The Tōmatsu house from Funairi-chō, Nagoya, is an example of a large . thumb| façade in Kyoto thumb|right|Old fabric shop in Nara, Nara|Nara are traditional wooden townhouses found throughout Japan and typified in the historical capital of Kyoto. ('townhouses') and ('farm dwellings') constitute the two categories of Japanese vernacular architecture known as ('folk dwellings').

thumb|275px|An izba at the Museum of Wooden Architecture and Peasant Life in Suzdal, Russia thumb|17th century chimney-less kurnaya izba thumb|Carefully rebuilt traditional Russian house in Vyatskoye, Yaroslavl Oblast, An izba () is a traditional Russian countryside dwelling. Often a log house, it forms the living quarters of a conventional Russian farmstead. It is generally built close to the road and inside a yard, which also encloses a kitchen garden, hay shed, and barn within a simple woven stick fence. Traditional, old-style izba construction involved the use of simple tools, such as rope

French town houses, especially of the 18th century, generally more elegant, ornate, and larger than other houses

residential building with two separate residential units, one above the other or side by side

type of house, built from wooden logs; much the same as a log cabin

any type of house that uses less energy than a traditional or average contemporary house

traditional Moroccan house or palace with an interior garden or courtyard

thumb|A lavvu in the late 1800s, from "Norge i det nittende aarhundrede" (1900). A lavvu (or , , , , (kåvas), , , and ) is a temporary dwelling used by the Sami people of northern extremes of Northern Europe. It has a design similar to a Native American tipi but is less vertical and more stable in high winds. It enables the indigenous cultures of the treeless plains of northern Scandinavia and the high arctic of Eurasia to follow their reindeer herds. It is still used as a temporary shelter by the Sami, and increasingly by other people for camping. It should not be confused with the goahti, an

Ottoman-Turkish mansion or manor

edifices with surplus electricity

house in which lodgers rent one or more rooms for one or more nights

secret place for sanctuary

A semi-detached house (often abbreviated to semi) is a single-family duplex dwelling that shares one common wall with its neighbour. The name distinguishes this style of construction from detached houses, with no shared walls, and terraced houses, with a shared wall on both sides. Often, semi-detached houses are built in pairs in which each house's layout is a mirror image of the other's. thumb|right|300px| 1950s council house|council built semi-detached PRC houses in [[Seacroft, Leeds, West Yorkshire ]]

thumb|Reconstruction of a peat goahti at Skansen open-air museum thumb|A reconstruction of a wooden goahti right|thumb|A Sami family in front of goahti. The tent in the background is a lavvu. Note the differences in the pole placement of the two structures. This photo was taken around 1900 in northern [[Scandinavia.]] A goahti (Northern Sámi), goahte (Lule Sámi), gåhte (Pite Sámi), gåhtie (Ume Sámi), куэдтҍ (Kildin Sámi), or gåetie (Southern Sámi), (also gábma), (Norwegian: gamme, Finnish: kota, Swedish: kåta), is a Sámi hut or tent of three types of covering: fabric, peat moss or timber. The

turf house used in early colonial North America

property rented for holidays

series of experimental homes

thumb|250px|An undecorated rondavel Rondavel is a style of African hut known in literature as cone on cylinder or cone on drum. The word comes from the Afrikaans rondawel.

thumb|250px|Palloza in O Cebreiro, in the municipality of [[Pedrafita do Cebreiro. The ethnographic park of this town, the first step in Galician land of the French Way, has several restored examples of traditional palloza, buildings characteristic of the pre-Roman culture which still exists in many other parts of the natural region of Os Ancares]]

thumb|300px|The baserri at the Eduardo Chillida|Chillida Museum in Hernani A baserri (; Spanish: caserío vasco; French: maison basque) is a traditional half-timbered or stone-built type of housebarn farmhouse found in the Basque Country in northern Spain and Southwestern France. The baserris, with their gently sloping roofs and entrance portals, are highly characteristic of the region and form a vital part in traditional Basque societal structures. They are also seen to have played an important role in protecting the Basque language in periods of persecution by providing the language with a ve