Portal:Housing

The House and Housing portal Common types of secondary dwelling units Housing refers to the usage and possibly construction of shelter as living spaces, individually or collectively. Housing is a basic human need and a human right, playing a critical role in shaping the quality of life for individuals, families, and communities, As such it is the main issue of housing organization and policy. (Full article...) Selected article - Drumthwacket, the official mansion of residence for the governor of New Jersey A mansion is a large dwelling house. The word itself derives through Old French from the Latin word mansio "dwelling", an abstract noun derived from the verb manere "to dwell". The English word manse originally defined a property large enough for the parish priest to maintain himself, but a mansion is usually no longer self-sustaining in this way (compare a Roman or medieval villa). Manor comes from the same root—territorial holdings granted to a lord who would "remain" there. Following the fall of Rome, the practice of building unfortified villas ceased. Today, the oldest inhabited mansions around the world usually began their existence as fortified houses in the Middle Ages. As social conditions slowly changed and stabilized fortifications were able to be reduced, and over the centuries gave way to comfort. It became fashionable and possible for homes to be beautiful rather than grim and forbidding allowing for the development of the modern mansion. In British English, a mansion block refers to a block of flats or apartments designed for the appearance of grandeur. In many parts of Asia, including Hong Kong and Japan, the word mansion also refers to a block of apartments. In modern Japan, a "manshon" (Japanese: マンション), stemming from the English word "mansion", is used to refer to a multi-unit apartment complex or condominium. (Full article...) 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Bain, J. Lister Holmes, John T. Jacobsen, and George W. Stoddard collaborated in the early 1940s to design America's first racially integrated public housing development? ... that a 1905 steam-powered pump was assembled on-site in Virginia with its housing constructed around it? ... that Singapore's founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew and his son Lee Hsien Loong donated the "unsolicited discounts" from their controversial purchase of condominium units to charity? ... that the neighborhood of Colonia Federal was built by employees of the Mexican Secretariat of the Interior to create exclusive housing for civil servants? ... that the apartment building the Manhasset caught fire in 1999, just as its renovation was being completed? ... that a conversion plan led to the "Battle of the Century"? Related Portals Selected image - Cottage flats are a style of housing common in Scotland, where there are single floor dwellings at ground level, and similar dwellings on the floor above. The Josiah Day House in West Springfield, Massachusetts is an example of a Saltbox-style home The Cube houses in Rotterdam, viewed from Blaak metro station An A-Frame house in Duluth, Minnesota Seattle box is a regional style of residential architecture that was popular in Seattle, Washington and elsewhere in the Pacific Northwest in the early 1900s. A wood-frame American Foursquare house in Minnesota with dormer windows on each side and a large front porch Eleazer Arnold House, 1691, Lincoln, Rhode Island, an example of a Stone ender style of Rhode Island architecture that developed in the 17th century where one wall in a house is made up of a large stone chimney. A Mandarin's House in Peking, China with Mr. Yang and family members on the balcony, circa 1860 Renaissance townhouses in Gdańsk, Poland Aerial view of tract housing developments near Markham, Ontario A ranch-style house in Salinas, California, U.S. More Did you know - WikiProjects WikiProject Home Living WikiProject Architecture WikiProject Housing and Tenant Rights General images - The following are images from various housing-related articles on Wikipedia. Travel trailer or camper (from List of house types) Vao tower house in Estonia, built in 15th century (from List of house types) Southern I-House style home (from List of house types) Split-level house (from List of house types) Post frame Barndominium with standing seam metal roof. Large garage on the front side and living space on the back end. (from List of house types) A-frame gable-style house, Portugal (from List of house types) Brick ranch-style house (from List of house types) reconstructed Viking longhouse (from List of house types) A wooden house in Tartu, Estonia (from List of house types) Multi-storied attached adobe houses at Taos Pueblo (from List of house types) Mobile home (from List of house types) Related articles Dwelling Home House List of house styles List of house types List of human habitation forms Lodging Residence Categories Houses Select [►] to view subcategories Houses Houses by city Houses by continent Houses by country Houses by year of completion Clergy houses Cottage orné Fictional houses Fortified houses Garages (residential) Gatehouses (architecture) Household hardware Historic houses House styles House types Imperial residences Manor houses Mock castles Octagon houses Official residences Pair-houses Palaces Prow houses Relocated houses Royal residences Ruined houses Safe houses Settlement houses Stone houses Villas Wooden houses House types Select [►] to view subcategories House types House types in Bangladesh House types in the United Kingdom A-frame houses and buildings Beach houses Boarding houses Castles Cave dwellings Central-passage houses Cliff dwellings Condominium Cottages Country houses Crescents (architecture) Dogtrot architecture Dower houses Dugouts Duplex buildings Farmhouses Fortified houses Hall houses Reportedly haunted houses Houseboats Houses with moats I-houses Low-energy building Manor houses Mansions Market houses Traditional Native American dwellings Prefabricated houses Public housing Ranch house architecture Recreational vehicles Rumah adat Sod houses Stilt houses Triple-decker apartment houses Villas House styles Select [►] to view subcategories House styles American architectural styles American Craftsman architecture American Foursquare architecture Antebellum architecture Art Nouveau houses Bungalow architecture Carpenter Gothic houses Central-passage houses Chinese architectural styles Dogtrot architecture English-Norman cottages Folk Victorian architecture Greek Revival houses Haitian architectural styles Houses with catslide gables Landhuizen Log houses Manor houses Palaces by architectural style Queen Anne architecture in the United States Ranch house architecture Saltbox architecture Shingle Style architecture Shingle Style houses Stone enders Territorial Revival architecture Townhouses Triple-decker apartment houses Tudor Revival architecture Victorian architectural styles Villas Wikimedia The following Wikimedia Foundation sister projects provide more on this subject: Commons Free media repository Wikibooks Free textbooks and manuals Wikidata Free knowledge base Wikinews Free-content news Wikiquote Collection of quotations Wikisource Free-content library Wikiversity Free learning tools Wikivoyage Free travel guide Wiktionary Dictionary and thesaurus Tasks Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Stubs : Expand short articles about homes and housing Verify : Provide sources for unreferenced and poorly-sourced articles about homes and housing • Dwelling • Lodging • Residence Other : Improve this portal; feel free to add suggestions at the talk page • Join the Home Living WikiProject • Translate home and housing articles from another language to English –When a task is completed, please remove it from the list. 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