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Name of dwelling Location Date of construction Noel Park [2] Wood Green, London: 1882–1929 Pinnerwood Park [3] Pinner, London: 1932–1935 Queen's Park [4] Kilburn, London: 1874–1881 Shaftesbury Park [5] Battersea, London: 1872–1877 Leigham Court [6] Streatham, London: 1889–1928 Crawford Buildings [7] Marylebone, London: 1893
This categorizes the various types of house, residence, dwelling, domicile or habitation used by people across the world. See also Category:House styles for articles about various architectural styles used in domestic architecture.
The Dymaxion house was completed in 1930 after two years of development, and redesigned in 1945. Buckminster Fuller wanted to mass-produce a bathroom and a house. His first "Dymaxion" design was based on the design of a grain bin. During World War II, the U.S. Army commissioned Fuller to send these housing units to the Persian Gulf. [2]
A housing development is "often erected on a tract of land by one builder and controlled by one management." [2] In the United Kingdom, the term is quite broad and can include anything from high-rise government-subsidised housing right through to more upmarket, developer-led suburban tract housing. Such estates are usually designed to minimise ...
An office building in Accra, Ghana.. Office buildings are generally categorized by size and by quality (e.g., "a low-rise Class A building") [2]. Office buildings by size. Low-rise (less than 7 stories)
New home construction, Pittsfield Township, Michigan Units under construction in Brighton, Victoria. Home construction or residential construction is the process of constructing a house, apartment building, or similar residential building [1] generally referred to as a 'home' when giving consideration to the people who might now or someday reside there.
In the U.S. most medium-density or middle-sized housing was built between the 1870s and 1940s [10] due to the need to provide denser housing near jobs. Examples include the streetcar suburbs of Boston which included more two-family and triple-decker homes than single-family homes, [10] or areas like Brooklyn, Baltimore, Washington D.C. or Philadelphia [10] which feature an abundance of row-houses.
The social issue is of ensuring that members of society have a home in which to live, whether this is a house, or some other kind of dwelling, lodging, or shelter. Many governments have one or more housing authorities , sometimes also called a housing ministry, or housing department.