Materials & Designs
Conifer (evergreen )trees produce this type of wood
What is soft?
The electric power, gas, water, and telephone services people use.
What are utilities?
The most affordable form of housing.
What are apartments?
Hallways should be as ___________ as possible to avoid wasted space.
What is short?
Open floor plans seem more ______________.
What is spacious?
Broad-leaf trees produce this type of wood
What is hard?
People who like wide, open spaces, to be around less industry, and less people tend to live here.
What is the country?
The most important factor in housing decisions is to fulfill the families ___________________.
What are needs?
Eliminating stairways increases the ____________ of the home.
What is usable space?
Closed floor plans are said to allow for more ______________.
What is privacy?
Excavating large stone deposits from the earth is called
What is quarrying?
In the U.S., housing tends to be more _____________ on the East and West coasts.
What is expensive?
A person on a fixed income needs housing with predictable _____________.
What are costs?
Because ___________ is limited in any home, it is important that it is used wisely.
What is space?
The easiest way to evaluate how space is used in a home is to look at the __________________.
What is floor plan?
Houses that have the wood frame as part of the outside wall.
What are half-timbered?
Usually, older people prefer a single level home because of the lack of these.
What are stairs?
A family with children needs adequate ________________ nearby.
What are schools?
When referring to the types of resources, these are the personal qualities that people possess
What are human?
This is the paths people take as they walk from room to room during everyday activities.
What is circulation?
The diagram of a home or other structure that shows the arrangement of the rooms.
What is a floor plan?
Having to install long runs of plumbing pipe adds to this of a building.
What is expense?
A person without a car needs to live near public _______________.
What is transportation
A type of resource, these are tangible assets that people may or may not possess themselves.
What are material?
When looking at floor plans of a two-level house, there are this many views.
What is two?