Portal:Housing

The House and Housing portal Common types of secondary dwelling units Housing, or more generally living spaces, refers to the construction and assigned usage of houses or buildings collectively, for the purpose of sheltering people — the planning or provision delivered by an authority, with related meanings. Ensuring that members of society have a home in which to live, whether this is a house, or some other kind of dwelling, lodging, or shelter, is a social issue. Many governments have one or more housing authorities, sometimes also called a housing ministry, or housing department. (Full article...) Selected article - Dating back to the early 12th century, the Alcázar of Segovia is one of the most distinctive castles in Europe. A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word castle, but usually consider it to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble. This is distinct from a palace, which is not fortified; from a fortress, which was not always a residence for royalty or nobility; from a pleasance which was a walled-in residence for nobility, but not adequately fortified; and from a fortified settlement, which was a public defence – though there are many similarities among these types of construction. Use of the term has varied over time and has been applied to structures as diverse as hill forts and country houses. Over the approximately 900 years that castles were built, they took on a great many forms with many different features, although some, such as curtain walls, arrowslits, and portcullises, were commonplace. European-style castles originated in the 9th and 10th centuries, after the fall of the Carolingian Empire resulted in its territory being divided among individual lords and princes. These nobles built castles to control the area immediately surrounding them and the castles were both offensive and defensive structures; they provided a base from which raids could be launched as well as offered protection from enemies. Although their military origins are often emphasised in castle studies, the structures also served as centres of administration and symbols of power. Urban castles were used to control the local populace and important travel routes, and rural castles were often situated near features that were integral to life in the community, such as mills, fertile land, or a water source. (Full article...) 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Related Portals Architecture Civilizations Society Selected image - An A-Frame house in Duluth, Minnesota Eleazer Arnold House, 1691, Lincoln, Rhode Island, an example of a Stone ender style of Rhode Island architecture that developed in the 17th century where one wall in a house is made up of a large stone chimney. A ranch-style house in Salinas, California, U.S. Renaissance townhouses in Gdańsk, Poland Aerial view of tract housing developments near Markham, Ontario A wood-frame American Foursquare house in Minnesota with dormer windows on each side and a large front porch The Cube houses in Rotterdam, viewed from Blaak metro station Seattle box is a regional style of residential architecture that was popular in Seattle, Washington and elsewhere in the Pacific Northwest in the early 1900s. The Josiah Day House in West Springfield, Massachusetts is an example of a Saltbox-style home A Mandarin's House in Peking, China with Mr. Yang and family members on the balcony, circa 1860 Cottage flats are a style of housing common in Scotland, where there are single floor dwellings at ground level, and similar dwellings on the floor above. More Did you know - WikiProjects WikiProject Home Living WikiProject Architecture General images - The following are images from various housing-related articles on Wikipedia. Brick ranch-style house (from List of house types) Frutighaus, housebarn (from List of house types) reconstructed Viking longhouse (from List of house types) Split-level house (from List of house types) A-frame gable-style house, Portugal (from List of house types) Multi-storied attached adobe houses at Taos Pueblo (from List of house types) Travel trailer or camper (from List of house types) Southern I-House style home (from List of house types) Mobile home (from List of house types) Vao tower house in Estonia, built in 15th century (from List of house types) A wooden house in Tartu, Estonia (from List of house types) Related articles Dwelling Home House List of house styles List of house types List of human habitation forms Lodging Residence Categories Houses Select [►] to view subcategories Houses Houses by city Houses by continent Houses by country Houses by year of completion Clergy houses Cottage orné Fictional houses Fortified houses Garages (residential) Gatehouses (architecture) Household hardware Historic houses House styles House types Imperial residences Manor houses Mock castles Octagon houses Official residences Pair-houses Palaces Prow houses Relocated houses Royal residences Ruined houses Safe houses Settlement houses Skinny houses Stone houses Villas Wooden houses House types Select [►] to view subcategories House types House types in Bangladesh House types in the United Kingdom A-frame houses and buildings Beach houses Boarding houses Cave dwellings Central passage plan architecture Cliff dwellings Condominium Country houses Crescents (architecture) Dogtrot architecture Dower houses Dugouts Farmhouses Hall houses Hostels Houseboats I-houses Low-energy building Manor houses Market houses Traditional Native American dwellings Prefabricated houses Public housing Ranch house architecture Recreational vehicles Rumah adat Sod houses Stilt houses Triple-decker apartment houses Villas House styles Select [►] to view subcategories House styles American architectural styles American Craftsman architecture American Foursquare architecture Art Nouveau houses Bungalow architecture Carpenter Gothic houses Central passage plan architecture Chinese architectural styles Dogtrot architecture Folk Victorian architecture Greek Revival houses Haitian architectural styles Israeli architectural styles Landhuizen Log houses Manor houses Palaces by architectural style Queen Anne architecture in the United States Ranch house architecture Saltbox architecture Shingle Style architecture Shingle Style houses Stone enders Territorial Revival architecture Triple-decker apartment houses Tudor Revival architecture Victorian architectural styles Villas Wikimedia Tasks Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Stubs : Expand short articles about homes and housing Verify : Provide sources for unreferenced and poorly-sourced articles about homes and housing • Dwelling • Lodging • Residence Other : Improve this portal; feel free to add suggestions at the talk page • Join the Home Living WikiProject • Translate home and housing articles from another language to English –When a task is completed, please remove it from the list. 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