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2. Rural Khmer house - Wikipedia

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   Rural Khmer house. Rural Khmer houses are a traditional house type of the Khmer people . Typically, rural Khmer two-story buildings, varying in size from 4 metres (13 ft) by 6 metres (20 ft) to about 6 by 10 metres (33 ft). The basic structure consists of a wooden frame, and the roof is erected before the walls on the upper floor are inserted.

3. Elizabethan and Jacobean furniture - Wikipedia

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   Even of the ceilings conformed to the carved style. There are few grander effects in interior decoration than the intersecting curves and angles of a lofty old Elizabethan ceiling. Of course, in the use of the strap and shield, heraldry and its escutcheons and crests entered largely into the ornament of the Elizabethan.

4. Goan houses - Wikipedia

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   Typically the master bedroom opens into the sala or is close to it. The dining room is usually perpendicular to these rooms; the bedrooms flank the courtyard, and the kitchens and service areas are at the rear of the house. In the case of two-story houses, a staircase, either from the foyer or the dining room, leads to more bedrooms.

5. Traditional Khmer Housing - Wikipedia

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   The Traditional Khmer Housing refers to the construction and assigned usage of houses or buildings by the Khmer people since the ancient time and evolved until today. In Cambodia, there are many Khmer style houses that are built in different ways depending on hierarchy and purposes. In special terms, the house is a symbol of prosperity in the ...

6. Hanok - Wikipedia

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   Another unique feature of traditional houses is their special design for cooling the interior in summer and heating the interior in winter. Since Korea has hot summers and cold winters, the Ondol (Gudeul), a floor-based heating system, [ 5 ] and the Daecheong, a cool wooden-floor style hall, were devised long ago to help Koreans survive the ...

7. Rumah Gadang - Wikipedia

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   Rumah Gadang ( Minangkabau: "big house") or Rumah Bagonjong "house for the Minangkabau people" ( Minangkabau: "spired roof house") are the traditional homes ( Indonesian: "rumah adat") of the Minangkabau in West Sumatra, Indonesia. The architecture, construction, internal and external decoration, and the functions of the house reflect the ...