Module 3 Flashcards
What is detached single-unit housing?
Detached single-unit housing contains only one dwelling unit and is completely separated by open space on all sides from any other structure.
What is semi-detached dwelling?
Semi-detached dwellings are single family duplex dwelling houses that share one common wall with the next house.
What is attached single-unit housing?
Attached single-unit housing has one side of the house attached or built directly at the side (boundary) of the lot.
What is attached multi-unit housing?
Attached multi-unit housing is a classification of housing where multiple separate housing units for residential inhabitants are contained within one building.
What is a movable dwelling?
A movable dwelling is any tent, caravan, van or other portable structure used for human habitation.
What is a bungalow?
A bungalow is any simple, single-storey house without any basement.
What is a castle?
A castle is primarily a defensive structure/dwelling built during the Dark Ages and the Middle Ages, and also during the 18th century and the 19th century.
What is a cave dwelling in China?
A cave dwelling in China, called a Yaodong, is built into rock on the side of a hill or is earth sheltered with a courtyard.
What is a cottage?
A cottage is usually a small country dwelling, although weavers’ cottages are three-storied townhouses with the top floor reserved for the working quarters.
What is an earth sheltered house?
An earth sheltered house uses dirt piled against its exterior walls for thermal mass, which reduces heat flow into or out of the house.
What is a farmhouse?
A farmhouse is the main residence house on a farm, or a house built with the same type of styling and located anywhere.
What is a log home or log cabin?
A log home or log cabin is built of solid, unsquared wooden logs and was constructed by American, Canadian, and Russian frontiersmen and their families.
What is a mansion?
A mansion is a quite large and usually luxurious detached house, which may be two storeys or more.
What is a manufactured house?
A manufactured house is a prefabricated house that is assembled on the permanent site on which it will sit.
What is a prefabricated house?
A prefabricated house is one whose main structural sections were manufactured in a factory and then transported to their final building site.
What is a ranch house?
A ranch is a rambling single-storey house, often containing a garage and sometimes constructed over a basement.
What is a split-level house?
A split-level house has two nearly equal sections located on two different levels, connected by a short stairway.
What is a shack?
A shack is a small, usually rundown, wooden building.
What is a stilt house?
Stilt houses or pile dwellings are raised on stilts over the surface of the soil or a body of water.
What is a tree house?
A tree house is built among the branches or around the trunk of one or more mature trees and does not rest on the ground.
What is an underground home?
An underground home is a dwelling dug and constructed underground.
What is a vernacular house?
A vernacular house is constructed in the manner of the aboriginal population, designed close to nature using locally available materials.
What is a villa?
A villa is originally an upper-class country house, though its idea and function have evolved considerably since Roman times.
What is a duplex house?
A duplex house commonly refers to two separate residences attached side-by-side, sharing a wall between halves.
What is a two-decker building?
A two-decker building plan refers to a duplex-house type that is usually more desirable for rentals or purchases.
What is a byre-dwelling?
A byre-dwelling is a farmhouse with people and livestock under one roof.
What is a connected farm?
A connected farm is a type of farmhouse complex in New England.
What is a housebarn?
A housebarn is a combined house and barn.
What is a longhouse?
A longhouse is a historical house type typically for family groups or as a housebarn.
What is an apartment?
An apartment is a relatively self-contained housing unit in a building, often rented out to one person or a family.
