TYPES OF HOUSES

HUT

A HUT is a primitive dwelling, which may be constructed of various local materials. Huts are a type of vernacular architecture because they are built of readily available materials such as wood, snow, through the generations.

A hut is a shape of a lower quality than a house,  but higher quality than a shelter  such as a tent and is used as temporary or seasonal shelter or in primitive societies as a permanent dwelling.

Huts exist in practically all nomadic cultures. Some huts are transportable and can stand most conditions of weather.

Shamiana tent is a popular Indian ceremonial tent shelter or  commonly used for outdoor parties, marriages, feasts etc. . Shamiana tent  side walls are removable. The external fabric can be multicolored or can hold exquisite designs. The four corners are supported with wooden poles. The history of Shamiana dates back to the mughal era.

An apartment . a flat is a self-contained housing unit that occupies only part of a building, generally on a single level. Such a building may be called an apartment building, apartment complex, flat complex, block of flats,  high-rise or, occasionally mansion block  especially if it consists of many apartments   it is also called a block of flats or,  Apartments may be owned by an owner/occupier, by leasehold tenure or rented by tenants.

Types of apartments:-

Studio apartment

Studio apartment, is a small apartment which combines living room , bedroom and a kitchen into a single room.

Garden Apartment:

In many communities, listings for garden apartments simply mean a studio, one-, two- or three-bedroom apartment that's within a garden apartment complex.

Secondary suite:

A secondary suite is a private, self-contained unit within an existing dwelling.Secondary suites are also called second units, accessory apartments, granny flats, in-law suites and basement apartments (since many are found in basements)

maisonette house:

Maisonette house : a set of rooms for living in, typically on two storeys of a larger building and having a separate entrance.

Two storey flat:

Storey generally means floor. So a 2 storey flat is a 2 floor building. It means it has 2 floors including ground floor

VILLAS: 

A villa was originally an ancient Roman country house. Since its origins in the ROMAN VILLA, the idea and function of a villa have evolved considerably. After the fall of the romans,  villas became small farming compounds, which were increasingly fortified in  sometimes transferred to the Church for reuse as monastry. Then they gradually re-evolved through the middle ages into elegant upper-class country homes. In modern parlance, 'villa' can refer to various types and sizes of residences.

Archaeologists have meticulously examined numerous Roman villas in England,  Like their Italian counterparts, they were complete working agrarian societies of fields and , perhaps even tile work or quarries, ranged round a high-status power centre with its baths and gardens. The grand villa at woodchester preserved its mosaic floors when the  parish church was built  upon its site. Grave-diggers preparing for burials in the churchyard as late as the 18th century had to punch through the intact mosaic floors. The even more palatial villa rustica at  near  was built  as a large open rectangle, with  gardens entered through a portico. Towards the end of the 3rd century, Roman towns in britain ceased to expand: like patricians near the centre of the empire, Roman Britons withdrew from the cities to their villas, which entered on a palatial building phase, a "golden age" of villa life. Villae rusticae are essential in the Empire's economy.

·         American Craftsman house

·         American Foursquare house

·         Assam-type House: a house commonly found in the northeastern states of India.

·         Barraca: a traditional style of house originated in  valencia, Spain. Is a historical farm house from the 12th century BC to the 19th century AD around said city.

·         Barndominium: a type of house that includes living space attached to either a workshop or a barn, typically for ,horses, or a large vehicle such as a  recreational vehicle or a large recreational boat.

·         Bay-and-gable: a type of house typically found in the older areas of .Totonto

·         Bungalow: any simple, single-storey house without any basement.

·         California Bungalow

·         Cape Cod: a popular design that originated in the coastal area of ,New England especially in eastern Massachusetts

·         Cape Dutch: popular in the ,Western Cape South Africa, region.