Indigenous architecture in the Americas

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.

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thumb|right| Aerial view of a Yanomami shabono in northern Brazil. Outlying buildings are for the privacy of newlywed couples, or may be used for the preparation of game and fish. thumb|left|Interior of Yanomami shabono, showing circular structure with separate divisions for each family around a central communal space.A shabono (also xapono, shapono, or yano) is a hut used by the Yanomami, an indigenous people in extreme southern Venezuela and extreme northern Brazil.

thumb|200px|right|Part of the complex Pukará de Quitor as seen from the inside thumb|right|200px|Ruins of the Pucará de Tilcara, [[Argentina]] Pukara (Aymara and Quechua "fortress", Hispanicized spellings pucara, pucará) is a defensive hilltop site or fortification built by the prehispanic and historic inhabitants of the central Andean area (from Ecuador to central Chile and northwestern Argentina). In some cases, these sites acted as temporary fortified refuges during periods of increased conflict, while other sites show evidence for permanent occupation. Emerging as a major site type during

thumb|A cholet in El Alto, Bolivia. Neo-Andean is a contemporary architectural movement primarily situated in El Alto, Bolivia, expressed in the city's many cholets (portmanteau of cholo and chalet), or mini-mansions, and dancehalls. Bolivian architect Freddy Mamani has been described as "the best-known architect" of neo-Andean architecture. Mamani is "a civil engineer who began as a simple laborer two decades ago"; his first building incorporating this style was commissioned by an Alteño businessman in 2002 which was finished in 2005, he has built over 60 similar structures around the city si

church building in Nunavut, Canada