Thursday, September 23, 2010

Ten house types

Bay and gable
1.Large bay window
2.2 and a half story
3.Only brick in front

Dog trot
1.Originally consisted of 2 log cabins
2.consisted of a breeze way  one kitchen and a bedroom
3.Designed to be cool without air condition

Earth sheltering
1.Earth as heating
2. Extreme privacy
3.High protection from natural events

Georgian
1.Many decorative moldings
2. Designed before the american revolution
3.chimneys on both sides of the home

Lustron
1. developed during ww2
2.prefabricated enameled steel
3. only about 2000 still exist today

shotgun
1.no more than 12 feet wide.
2.Almost no front yard
3.rooms are in a line

Queenslander
1.steep pitched roof
2.main living space off the ground
3.series of platform floors

villa
1.a roman upper class home
2.some became farming compounds
3.usually has a very large garden on the premise

yaodong
1.cut oust side of a hill
2.very little heating costs
3.in 1556 earth quakes kill thousands of people in collapses

tipi
1.Movable home
2.Small and convenient
3.covered in hide