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6000 BCE
Finnish Stone Age village
People lived 5,000-7,000 years ago in Kierikki along the River Iijoki.The village in the area had different kinds of buildings, both single and semi-detached houses. Typically building constructions in Kierikki were the row houses. A village could consist of up to ten such houses side by side, housing a population of 100 – 150 persons. So called terrace houses could be as long as 60 metres.
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1900 BCE
Houses of the Minoans, an early civilization on the island of Crete.
The palace at Knossos was built around a central courtyard. On the ground floor of the palace were storage areas. The upper floors were living quarters which were luxurious. Light wells let in both light and cool air. Wooden columns painted red supported ceilings. Frescoes were painted on the walls. There were bathrooms and even a flushing toilet. Only a tiny minority lived in luxury like that. Most people lived in simple stone huts of one or two rooms.
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1200 BCE
Iron Age Celtic Houses
Celts lived in scattered villages. They lived in round houses with thatched roofs of straw or heather.The walls were made from local material. Houses in the south were made from wattle (woven wood) and daub (straw and mud) as there was an ample supply of wood from the forests. The houses had no windows.The roof was made from straw with mud placed on top to keep the warmth in. The houses in the north were made with large stones held together with clay. ttp://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/celts/ -
Mar 4, 700
Houses of the Vilkings
The houses of the Vikings were built from local materials such as wood, stone or blocks of turf. They were long and rectangular. Viking houses were often one-room homes with a cooking fire in the middle.The roof of the house would be a thatch of straw or reeds. Animals were kept at the end of the house while the people lived at the other. The houses were often close to each other to form a settlement or small village. http://www.topicpod.com/vikings/what_viking_houses.html -
Mar 4, 1490
Tudor Houses - Architecture (1485 - 1603) 15th century and 16th century
Most ordinary homes in Tudor times were half timbered - they had wooden frames and the spaces between were filled with small sticks and wet clay called wattle and daub.They were usually black-and-white.Tudor houses had steeply pitched roof covered with clay or stone tiles. Many older Tudors houses had a thatched roof.Tudor windows were usually casement windows.Tudor chimneys were very tall and thin.
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Irish Tower Houses
In Ireland, there are well over 2,000 tower houses extant and some estimate that there were as many as 8,000 built during the Middle Ages. The construction of the majority of tower houses is thought to have commenced in the early 15th century AD and lasted until the mid-seventeenth century. The Irish tower house was used for both defensive and residential reasons, Many had a defensive wall around the building, known as a bawn.
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Federal architecture in the USA
In the 1780s the Federal style began to diverge from the Georgian style and became a uniquely American genre. It was popular along the Atlantic coast from 1780 to 1830.Characteristics of the federal style include neoclassical elements, bright interiors with large windows and white walls and ceilings, and a decorative yet restrained appearance that emphasized rational elements.
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Painted and rendered triple fronted brick veneer, Australia
This house has a brick facade with timber frames supporting interior walls usually of gyprock. Roofs are always hipped or gabled and tiled.In its basic form it is a bland and unimaginative style which has been propagated by developers. The basic style has been made more interesting by painting, adding more angles, porticos, verandahs, and bay windows. 2-story homes of this style have often been described as "McMansions".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_residential_architectural_styles
