VOCABLARY OF HOUSING

1. ADOBE HOUSES
Adobe means mudbrick in Spanish, but in
some English speaking regions of Spanish
heritage it refers to any kind of earth
construction, as most adobe buildings are
similar in appearance to cob and rammed
earthbuildings. Adobe is among the earliest
building materials, and is used throughout
the world.
Materials included in common house
construction included wood, straw,
stone,sand, lime, and clay. Straw would often
be used for roofs. Adobe bricks, very common
in the construction of houses in the Aztec
empire, would be made from water, sand,
clay, and a material such as straw.

Pueblo people lived in adobe houses known

as pueblos, which are multi-story house complexes
made of adobe (clay and straw baked into hard
bricks) and stone. Each adobe unit was home to
one family, like a modern apartment. Pueblo people
used ladders to reach the upstairs apartments.
 2. APARTMENT

The apartment developed in North America

during the middle of the 20th century
.Apartment is unit of number of flat's .A
single unit of room's in building called flat & a
building with number of flat's called
apartment.

Garden apartment
Studio apartment
Loft apartment
Communal apartment

kanchanjunga apartments
 3. BARRACKS

A barrack or barracks is a building or group of

buildings built to house soldiers.
The English word comes via French from an
old Catalan word "barraca" (hut), originally
referring to temporary shelters or huts for
various people and animals, but today
barracks are usually permanent buildings
for military accommodation. The main object
of barracks is to separate soldiers from the
civilian population and reinforce discipline,
training.
BEACH HOUSE

A beach house is a house on or near

a beach, sometimes used as a vacation or
second home for people who commute to
the house on weekends or during vacation
periods.
BOARDING HOUSE

A boarding house is a house (frequently a

family home) in which lodgers rent one or
more rooms for one or more nights, and
sometimes for extended periods of weeks,
months, and years. The common parts of the
house are maintained, and some services,
such as laundry and cleaning, may be
supplied.
BUNKHOUSE

A bunkhouse is a barracks-like building that

historically was used to house working
cowboys on ranches in North America. As
most cowboys were young single men, the
standard bunkhouse was a large open room
with narrow beds or cots for each individual
and little privacy.
BUNGALOW

A bungalow is a type of building, originally

from Bengal region in South Asia, but now
found throughout the world.
Common features of many bungalows
include verandas and being low-rise.
In Australia, the California bungalow was
popular after the First World War. In North
America and the United Kingdom a bungalow
today is a residential building, normally
detached, may contain small loft, which is
either single-story or has a second story built
into a sloping roof, usually with dormer
windows (one-and-a-half stories).
Some portable classrooms are called
bungalows
 CHAWL

The chawl (from Marathi चाळ, chāḷ) is a name for a type of residential building
found in India. Typically, housing units in chawls are availed of by relatively poor but
gainfully employed working-class families. Chawls were constructed in abundance
during the early 1900s, in the textile mill areas of Mumbai, and indeed this is how
they originated, to provide cost-effective housing to mill-workers in Mumbai. This
type of housing is no longer built, but remaining structures are still in demand
because of their relatively affordable rents.
 COTTAGE HOUSE

The word comes from the architecture of

England, A cottage is, typically, a small
house. It may carry the connotation of being
an old or old-fashioned building. In modern
usage, a cottage is usually a modest, often
cosy dwelling, typically in a rural or semi-rural
location. "cottage" is one term for such
holiday homes.
Detached house

A detached house is a stand-alone

residential structure that does not share
outside walls with another house or building.
Also called a separate house or a single-
detached dwelling, a detached house is
typically the most desirable single-family unit.

A relatively recent development related to

rising living standards in North America and
Europe during the early modern and modern
eras
 Duplex house

In North America, a duplex house is a dwelling having apartments with separate

entrances for two households. This includes two-story houses having a complete
apartment on each floor and also side-by-side apartments on a single lot that share
a common wall
Economically Weaker Sections housing
A government department/agency of the appropriate Government shall
maintain an inventory of all the plots or houses as the case may be reserved
for the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS)
Flat

a flat (in British English) is a self-contained housing unit (a type of residential real
estate) that occupies only part of a building, correctly, on a single level without a
stair. Such a building may be called a flat complex.
Farm house

A farmhouse is a building that serves as the primary residence in a rural or

agricultural setting. Historically, farmhouses were often combined with space for
animals called a housebarn.
Guest house

A person staying at a hotel or guest house.

Hostels
Hostels provide budget-oriented, sociable accommodation where guests
can rent a bed, usually a bunk bed, in a dormitory and share a bathroom,
lounge and sometimes a kitchen. Rooms can be mixed or single-sex, and
private rooms may also be available
 Huts
Huts are a type of vernacular architecture because they are built of readily
available materials such as wood, snow, ice, stone, grass, palm leaves, branches,
hides, fabric, and/or mud using techniques passed down through the generations
Housing
Housing generally refers to the social problem 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
igloo
An igloo also known as a snow house or snow hut, is a type of shelter built
of snow, typically built when the snow can be easily compacted.
Juggi house
Lodge house

A small house at the gates of a park or in the grounds of a large house, occupied by
a gatekeeper, gardener, or other employee.
Penthouse

A penthouse apartment or a penthouse is an apartment on the highest floor

of an apartment building. It can also be located on the bottom floor with a
built in garage. Penthouses are typically differentiated from other apartments
by luxury features.
Quarters

Servants' quarters are those parts of a building, traditionally in a private house,

which contain the domestic offices and staff accommodation. From the late
17th century until the early 20th century, they were a common feature in many
large houses.
Rest house

A house or small hotel offering accommodation for travellers.

 Slum
A slum is a heavily populated urban informal settlement characterized by
substandard housing and squalor.[1] While slums differ in size and other
characteristics, most lack reliable sanitation services, supply of clean water,
reliable electricity, law enforcement and other basic services. Slum residences vary
from shanty houses to professionally built dwellings that because of poor-quality
construction or provision of services have deteriorated into slums
Tent house

A portable shelter made of cloth, supported by one or more poles and

stretched tight by cords or loops attached to pegs driven into the ground
 Villa

A large country house of Roman times, having an estate and consisting of farm and
residential buildings arranged around a courtyard.