Houses Houses Affordable housing is a dwelling where the total housing costs are affordable to those living in that housing unit. In the United States, a commonly accepted guideline for housing affordability is a housing cost that does not exceed 30 percent of a household's gross income. Housing costs considered in this guideline generally include taxes and insurance for owners, and sometimes include utility costs. When the monthly carrying costs of a home exceeds 30 percent of household income, then the housing is considered unaffordable for that household. ...more on Wikipedia about "Affordable housing"
The Aguinaldo Shrine is a national shrine of the Philippines, located in Kawit, Cavite. The Philippine flag is raised here by top national officials every Independence Day ( June 12) to commermorate the event. ...more on Wikipedia about "Aguinaldo Shrine"
Almshouses are charitable housing provided to enable people (typically elderly people who can no longer work to earn enough to pay rent) to live in a particular community. They are often targeted at the poor of a locality, at those from certain forms of previous employment, or their widows, and are generally maintained by a charity or the trustees of a bequest. ...more on Wikipedia about "Almshouse"
(Autoconstruction) The self-help housing is the name given to the action, for a private individual, to carry out its own house without, or practically without, assistance of professionals of the building. It includes in particular the realization of masonry and ...more on Wikipedia about "Autoconstruction"
A bachelor pad essentially means a house (pad) in which a bachelor or bachelors (single men) live. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bachelor pad"
The Case Study Houses were experiments in residental architecture sponsored by John Entenza's Arts & Architecture magazine, which commissioned major architects of the day, including Richard Neutra, Craig Ellwood, Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, to design and build inexpensive and efficient model homes for the residential housing boom caused by the end of World War II and the return of millions of soldiers. The Eames' CSH #8 was assembled by hand labor in about three days. ...more on Wikipedia about "Case Study Houses"
A colonial house, also called Georgian, is a style of house that was popular in America from 1690 to 1830. They were built by wealthy Americans in New England and the Southern colonies. The style drew much of its influence from the Italian Renaissance style. ...more on Wikipedia about "Colonial house"
Courtyard Houses are a form of dwelling built in the British Isles late in the Iron Age. They are restricted to the granite peninsula of Land's End and the Isles of Scilly, Wales and other highland areas. ...more on Wikipedia about "Courtyard houses"
Don Metz is an architect best know for his earth-integrated house that was built in the 1970s to take advantage of the earth as insulation. The Don Metz house was featured as an illustration in the book "Xanadu: The Computerized Home of Tomorrow and How It Can Be Yours Today!" describing its similarities to the Xanadu House. ...more on Wikipedia about "Don Metz"
A dugout or dug-out is a shelter dug out of the ground. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dugout (shelter)"
The Dymaxion House was developed by inventor Buckminster Fuller to address several failures he perceived with existing homebuilding techniques. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dymaxion house"
Eaton Hall is a Norman chateau in King City, Ontario, Canada built for Lady Flora McCrea Eaton in 1937 on a 700 acre (2.8 km²) parcel of land, which had been acquired by Lady Eaton and her husband, Sir John Craig Eaton. Lady Eaton moved into Eaton Hall following the demolition of her city mansion, Ardwold. The house is adjacent to a body of water named Lake Jonda (a combination of the first three letters of her son John David Eaton's first and middle names), and nestled within the temperate forests of King Township. Upon completion, it contained 72 rooms. It became a beloved gathering place for the Eaton Family, owners of the Eaton's department stores based in Toronto. ...more on Wikipedia about "Eaton Hall (King City)"
The Harderwykenburg was built in the style of a medieval stone house soon after 1450 at the east end of the oldest road axle Leers on a flat Geesthuegel. ...more on Wikipedia about "Harderwykenburg"
A historic house can be a stately home, the birthplace of a famous person, or a house with an interesting history. Houses were first thought of as historic rather than just old or interesting, during the early nineteenth century. Government protection was first given during the late nineteenth century. ...more on Wikipedia about "Historic house"
The Hôtel de Sens is a city palace in Le Marais, in the IVe arrondissement of Paris, France. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hôtel de Sens"
A house in its most general sense is a human-built dwelling with enclosing walls, a floor, and a roof. It provides shelter against precipitation, wind, heat, cold and intruding humans and animals. When occupied as a routine dwelling for humans, a house is called a home (though animals may often live in the house as well, both domestic pets and "unauthorised" animals such as mice living in the walls). People may be away from home most of the day for work and recreation, but typically are home at least for sleeping. ...more on Wikipedia about "House"
The Hundertwasser House Vienna ( German Hundertwasserhaus) is an apartment house in Vienna, Austria, designed by Austrian architect Friedensreich Hundertwasser. This landmark of Vienna is located in the 3. district, Kegelgasse 34-38 / Löwengasse 41-43, at . ...more on Wikipedia about "Hundertwasserhaus"
The intelligent home is a technological achievement aimed at connecting modern communication technologies and making them available for everyday household tasks. With intelligent home systems it becomes possible to call home from any telephone or desktop computer in the world to control home appliances and security systems. Intelligent home systems guide the user to perform any operation, to control lighting, heating, air conditioning, or to arm or disarm the security system, and to record or to listen to messages. Other themes envisioned in intelligent home systems are automation, connectivity, wireless networking, entertainment, energy and water conservation, and information access. ...more on Wikipedia about "Intelligent home"
The jacal is an adobe style housing structure historically found throughout parts of the south-western United States and Mexico. The structure was employed by Native Americans prior to European colonization and was later employed by both Hispanic and Anglo settlers in Texas and elsewhere ** . ...more on Wikipedia about "Jacal"
Karl-Marx-Hof is one of the best-known Gemeindebauten in Vienna and is found in Heiligenstadt, a neighbourhood of the 19th district of Vienna, Döbling. ...more on Wikipedia about "Karl-Marx-Hof"
Kruger House is the historical Pretoria residence of the Boer leader and President of the South African Republic, Paul Kruger. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kruger House"
La Trobe’s Cottage is a historic cottage in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, built in 1839 for the first superintendent of the Port Phillip District of New South Wales, Charles La Trobe, and his family. The cottage was constructed out of prefabricated materials imported from England on 50,000 square metres of land at Jolimont, near where the Melbourne Cricket Ground now stands. When the colony achieved independence from New South Wales in 1851, La Trobe, was made the first Lieutenant-governor of Victoria and reserved from sale the area of Kings Domain as a site for a future Government House, but remained living with his family in this cottage at Jolimont until their departure for England in 1854. ...more on Wikipedia about "La Trobe's Cottage"
List of famous villa houses. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of famous villas"
This is a list of styles in house construction. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of house styles"
In archaeology and anthropology, a long house or longhouse is a type of long, narrow single room building built by peoples in various parts of the world including Asia, Europe and North America. ...more on Wikipedia about "Long house"
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