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  2. Housing in Japan - Wikipedia

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    A one-room mansion (wan rūmu manshon ワンルームマンション) is a Japanese apartment style in which there is only one small room (10 m 2 or 3.0 tsubo or 110 sq ft in many cases) and usually a compact bathroom. It is the functional equivalent of the Western-style studio apartment. These units are most often rented by single individuals ...

  3. Living room - Wikipedia

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    Japanese minimalist interior living room, 19th century. In Western architecture, a living room, also called a lounge room (Australian English [1]), lounge (British English [2]), sitting room (British English [3]), or drawing room, is a room for relaxing and socializing in a residential house or apartment.

  4. Sudano-Sahelian architecture - Wikipedia

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    The Great Mosque of Djenné in Mali, the largest mud-brick building in sub-Saharan Africa [1]. Sudano-Sahelian architecture refers to a range of similar indigenous architectural styles common to the African peoples of the Sahel and Sudanian grassland (geographical) regions of West Africa, south of the Sahara, but north of the fertile forest regions of the coast.

  5. Shikumen - Wikipedia

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    At the back of the house, a "back wing" was added, as well as the tingzi jian (亭子间) or "pergola room", located above the kitchen and below the terrace. This was typically small, with low ceilings, and faced north, making it the least attractive room in the house. They were usually used for storage, or as living quarters for servants.

  6. Washitsu - Wikipedia

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    A traditional washitsu. A washitsu (和室), meaning "Japanese-style room (s)", and frequently called a "tatami room" in English, is a Japanese room with traditional tatami flooring. [1] Washitsu also usually have sliding doors ( fusuma ), rather than hinged doors between rooms. They may have shōji and, if the particular room is meant to serve ...

  7. 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.

  8. Vernacular residential architecture of Western Sichuan ...

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    Second, this style shows a light and delicate aspect owing to its smaller architectural components. Also, in order to adapt to the hot and humid climate, most of the houses are wood-fenced structures, with a sloped roof and thin eaves. Third, residential houses seems simple and elegant in terms of its light architectural color.

  9. American Craftsman - Wikipedia

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    American Craftsman is an American domestic architectural style, inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement, which included interior design, landscape design, applied arts, and decorative arts, beginning in the last years of the 19th century. Its immediate ancestors in American architecture are the Shingle style, which began the move away from ...