Types of Housing
This type of house is on wheels and can be moved, however, a professional mover is needed.
What is a mobile home?
This type of roof is one of the most popular styles. It is simple and economical to build.
What is the gable?
The most common type of sliding window that opens up and down.
What is double-hung?
Frank Lloyd Wright is famous for this type of house.
What is the prairie house?
The capitol dome is made of this material, shaped to look like stone.
What is iron?
This type of home is designed and built to meet the needs of a specific household. Often designed by an architect, a home designer, or the prospective homeowner.
What is a custom house?
This type of room is more complicated to build with a cornice on all four sides of the house. Ventilation is not good with this style.
What is hip roof?
This type of window swings out, is usually opened with a crank, and do not keep out rain when open.
What is a casement window?
This house was build over a river and is one of Wrights most recognizable houses.
This was the first domed stadium.
What is the Astrodome, built in Houston, Texas, in 1965?
This type of home is built by a developer who subdivides a large piece of land into lots with the same house design used for each section. This helps reduce the cost of the house.
What is a tract house?
This is one of the simplest roofs to build. It is most practical in areas where little or no snow falls. This type of roof is not covered with traditional roofing materials but is built up of layers of roofing felt and tar covered with gravel.
This type of window is hinged at the top and swing outward. They provide good ventilation and rain protection.
Known as the Bachman-Wilson House, this Frank Lloyd Wright house was dismantled at its original site in Somerset County, New Jersey, and reconstructed on the ground of this museum owned by the Walton family in Bentonville, Arkansas.
What is Crystal Bridges?
This Roman temple dedicated to all the gods of pagan Rome, built and dedicated by emperor Hadrian between A.D 118 and 125.
What is the Pantheon?
Homes provide three basic types of space.
What are individual space, group space, and support space?
This type of roof is often called a barn roof. It is common on Dutch Colonial style houses.
What is gambrel roof?
This type of window is hinged at the bottom and swings into a room. Designed for low placement on a wall, they are frequently used in basements.
What are hopper windows?
This was Wrights home in Wisconsin which was surrounded by intrigue, was partially burned twice, and became home to his school of architecture.
What is Taliesin?
This American architect, author, designer, inventor, and futurist is credited with developing this design which was used for the Epcot center at Walt Disney World Resort.
There are several factors that affect housing choices. Name three.
What are location, climate, availability, cost, taste, and lifestyle?
This type of room is very complex to build but allows extra space on the top floor of a home. It is often seen in old movies as a haunted house.
What is a mansard roof?
This type of window consists of a series of narrow horizontal slates, held by a metal frame. They do not seal well and are difficult to wash.
What are jalousie windows?
What is the Ennis House?
Term that refers to the hole in the top of a dome
What is oculus?