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  2. Architecture of Mongolia - Wikipedia

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    A large, marquee-shaped structure, its four central columns support the roof. There are 12 columns in the middle row; those in the outer row are slightly taller, and the total number of columns is 108. The temple, designed for expansion, was originally 42 by 42 metres (138 ft × 138 ft) and later expanded to 51 by 51 metres (167 ft × 167 ft).

  3. List of house types - Wikipedia

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    Octagon house: a house of symmetrical octagonal floor plan, popularized briefly during the 19th century by Orson Squire Fowler; Stilt house: is a house built on stilts above a body of water or the ground (usually in swampy areas prone to flooding). Villa: a large house which one might retreat to in the country.

  4. Yurt - Wikipedia

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    The Old Turkic yurt (' tent, dwelling, abode, range ') may have been derived from the Old Turkic word ur—a verb with the suffix +Ut. [2] In modern Turkish and Uzbek, the word yurt is used as the synonym for 'homeland' or a 'dormitory', while in modern Azerbaijani, yurd mainly signifies 'homeland' or 'motherland

  5. Yurt wagon - Wikipedia

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    Yurt wagon or Ger tereg (Mongolian: ᠭᠡᠷ ᠲᠡᠷᠭᠡ) is a traditional mobile dwelling of the Mongolic people, in which a yurt is placed on a large cart usually pulled by oxen. [ 1 ] This type of habitat was mainly used by the Mongol Khans , at least between the 13th and 16th centuries.

  6. William Coperthwaite - Wikipedia

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    Coperthwaite's Harvard research examined the process of instructing groups of students on yurt construction. [2] His dissertation was on native Alaskan culture. [ 6 ] One of the many yurts he built leading student groups (in 1976 on the new campus of World College West in Marin County, California) became the subject of a student-composed song ...

  7. Slab hut - Wikipedia

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    Squares of a couple of feet.. were left open in the wall in various places for windows... The chimneys were large, like those of old farm-houses, and, for security, had a little wall of rough stone and mortar run up inside about three feet; and in the middle of the fire-place was a large flag-stone, of a sort capable of resisting the fire,

  8. Tiny-house movement - Wikipedia

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    One of the smallest houses lived in is 50 ft 2 but 60 ft 2 may be the minimum threshold for a "normal" tiny house. [131] In comparison, some of the smallest apartments in cities, for example, there is a 60 ft 2 former broom closet in London, and in New York City, a 90 ft 2 space near Central Park included a

  9. Pie house - Wikipedia

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    It has more than 1,600 square feet (150 m 2) of floor space, and contains two bedrooms, two full bathrooms, and an additional half bathroom. [6] The ground level of the home follows an open concept plan. [6] The narrowest side of the house measures 3 feet (0.91 m) wide, with the widest side of the house reaching a width of 18 feet (5.5 m).