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2. 5-over-1 - Wikipedia

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   5-over-1 or over-1s, also known as a one-plus-five or a podium building, [ 1] is a type of multi-family residential building commonly found in urban areas of North America. [ 2][ 3] The mid-rise buildings are normally constructed with four or five wood-frame stories above a concrete podium, usually for retail or resident amenity space.

3. Dingbat (building) - Wikipedia

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   Dingbat (building) A dingbat is a type of apartment building that flourished in the Sun Belt region of the United States in the 1950s and 1960s, a vernacular variation of shoebox style "stucco boxes". Dingbats are boxy, two or three-story apartment houses with overhangs sheltering street-front parking. [1] They remain widely in use today as ...

4. Duplex (building) - Wikipedia

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   US. A side by side duplex also known as a semi-detached house. In dense areas like Manhattan and downtown Chicago, a duplex or duplex apartment refers to a maisonette, a single dwelling unit spread over two floors connected by an indoor staircase. [ 3] Similarly, a triplex apartment refers to an apartment spread out over three floors.

5. The Dakota - Wikipedia

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   The Dakota, also known as the Dakota Apartments, is a cooperative apartment building at 1 West 72nd Street on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City, United States. The Dakota was constructed between 1880 and 1884 in the German Renaissance style and was designed by Henry Janeway Hardenbergh for businessman Edward Cabot Clark.

6. List of house types - Wikipedia

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   A hut is a dwelling of relatively simple construction, 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.

7. Three-decker (house) - Wikipedia

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   Three-decker (house) A three-decker, triple-decker triplex or stacked triplex, [1] in the United States, is a three-story ( triplex) apartment building. These buildings are typically of light-framed, wood construction, where each floor usually consists of a single apartment, and frequently, originally, extended families lived in two, or all ...

8. Studio apartment - Wikipedia

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   One main living area with no separate bedroom. A studio apartment, or studio condo [ 1] also known as a studio flat ( UK ), self-contained apartment ( Nigeria ), efficiency apartment, bed-sitter ( Kenya ), or bachelor apartment, is a small dwelling in which the normal functions of a number of rooms – often the living room, bedroom, and ...

9. Multifamily residential - Wikipedia

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   Multifamily residential, also known as multidwelling unit (MDU)) is a classification of housing where multiple separate housing units for residential inhabitants are contained within one building or several buildings within one complex. [ 1] Units can be next to each other (side-by-side units), or stacked on top of each other (top and bottom ...