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2. Hanok - Wikipedia

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   In order to allow good wind circulation, they have open, wooden floor living areas and many windows. The most common shape for hanok in the central region is an L-shaped layout, an architectural mixture of the shapes in the northern and the southern regions. Hanok in the cold northern region have square layouts that block the wind flow. They do ...

3. Interior design - Wikipedia

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   Interior design is the art and science of understanding people's behavior to create functional spaces, that are aesthetically pleasing, within a building. Decoration is the furnishing or adorning of a space with decorative elements, sometimes complemented by advice and practical assistance.

4. Cape Cod (house) - Wikipedia

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   Cape Cod (house) A Cape Cod house is a low, broad, single or double-story frame building with a moderately-steep-pitched gabled roof, a large central chimney, and very little ornamentation. Originating in New England in the 17th century, the simple symmetrical design was constructed of local materials to withstand the stormy weather of Cape Cod.

5. Victorian decorative arts - Wikipedia

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   Victorian decorative arts refers to the style of decorative arts during the Victorian era. Victorian design is widely viewed as having indulged in a grand excess of ornament. The Victorian era is known for its interpretation and eclectic revival of historic styles mixed with the introduction of Asian and Middle Eastern influences in furniture ...

6. List of house types - Wikipedia

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   A hut is a dwelling of relatively simple construction, usually one room and one story in height. The design and materials of huts vary widely around the world. Roundhouse: a house built with a circular plan. Broch: a Scottish roundhouse. Trullo: a traditional Apulian stone dwelling with a conical roof. Igloo.

7. Minka - Wikipedia

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   Minka. Coordinates: 36°24′N 136°53′E. A gasshō-zukuri -styled minka home in Shirakawa village, Gifu Prefecture. Minka ( Japanese: 民家, lit. "house of the people") are vernacular houses constructed in any one of several traditional Japanese building styles . In the context of the four divisions of society, Minka were the dwellings of ...