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McMansion. McMansion is a pejorative term for a large, "mass-produced" house in a suburban community that is marketed to the upper middle class in developed countries. Virginia Savage McAlester, who also gave a first description of the common features which define this building style, coined the more neutral term Millennium Mansion. [1]
Smaller ranch-style house in West Jordan, Utah, with brick exterior and side drop gable roof. Ranch (also known as American ranch, California ranch, rambler, or rancher) is a domestic architectural style that originated in the United States. The ranch-style house is noted for its long, close-to-the-ground profile, and wide open layout.
Minka. Coordinates: 36°24′N 136°53′E. A gasshō-zukuri -styled minka home in Shirakawa village, Gifu Prefecture. Minka (Japanese: 民家, lit. "house of the people") are vernacular houses constructed in any one of several traditional Japanese building styles. In the context of the four divisions of society, Minka were the dwellings of ...
Hut. A hut is a dwelling of relatively simple construction, [11] usually one room and one story in height. The design and materials of huts vary widely around the world. Roundhouse: a house built with a circular plan. Broch: a Scottish roundhouse. Trullo: a traditional Apulian stone dwelling with a conical roof. Igloo.
2b2t. 2b2t (2builders2tools) is a Minecraft server founded in December 2010. 2b2t has essentially no rules and players are not permanently banned, known within Minecraft as an " anarchy server". [2] As a result, players commonly engage in the destruction of other players' and groups creations, colloquially called "griefing", as well as hacking ...
Office buildings by size. Low-rise (less than 7 stories) Mid-rise (7–25 stories) High-rise (more than 25 stories), including skyscrapers (over 40 stories) Office buildings by quality[3][4] Trophy or 5-star building: A landmark property designed by a recognized architect. Class A or 4-star building: Rents in the top 30-40% of the local market ...
This is a list of flags, arranged by design, serving as a navigational aid for identifying a given flag.Uncharged flags are flags that either are solid or contain only rectangles, squares and crosses but no crescents, circles, stars, triangles, maps, flags, coats of arms or other objects or symbols.
The finished house was fitted with replica late-13th-century and 14th-century furniture, and the uniform for the English Heritage staff running the house was originally medieval in design. [12] The Medieval Merchant's House on 58 French Street remains a tourist attraction and is a Grade I listed building and scheduled monument. [14]