Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo

Course: Technical English

Theme: Housing

Student: Celis Aldave, André

Teacher: Arq. M. Padilla

2019
 1.- Bungalow

A bungalow is a
small, square, single-
story home with front
porch. The single
floor is raised up
with front steps
leading up to the
porch. Often there’s
a single dormer
window built into a
pitched roof in the
attic.
 2.- Townhome

A townhome is like a
row home sharing one
or two walls. They
are usually 2 or 3
stories tall. Some
rise even higher.
 3.- Chalet
Today it’s a
vacation home,
usually in the
mountains. Now that
skiing is popular
globally, chalet often
refers to a vacation
home where there is
access to skiing. They
include a steep roof
and long overhangs.
This roof design is
for handling piles of
snow.
 4.- Apartment

An apartment is a
group of housing units
in one building all
owned by one entity.
In other words, all
the units are owned
by one entity. The
units are then rented
out to tenants.
 5.- Yurt

The yurt is the

primary housing
structure used by the
Mongols in Mongolia.
A yurt is round. The
wall and roof is a
waterproof fabric.
 6.-Suite

Suites have two or

more multiple-
occupancy bedrooms
that share a single
bathroom. Some suites
also have a common
room/space that is
shared by suitemates..
 7.-Container Home

A recent development
in home construction
and design is to use
existing containers
as the main structure
of the home. Small
homes use one
container while
larger homes use
multiple containers.
 8.- Ranch style home

A ranch style home is

also a single story
home, but has a
larger, rectangular
footprint (compared
to a bungalow). The
ranch home is a
derivative of the
wide Spanish
hacienda.
 9.- Cottage

The term cottage

stems from England.
While in today’s
parlance it refers to
a small vacation
home, historically it’s
a small home with a
high thatched roof,
thick walls and a
single room.
 10.- Cabin

A small and
simple house
made of wood in
the field.
 11.-Condominium

a building or complex
of buildings
containing a number
of individually owned
apartments or houses.
 12.- Cooperative Housing

Is a legal entity,
usually a
cooperative or a
corporation, which
owns real estate,
consisting of one or
more residential
buildings; it is one
type of housing tenure.
 13.- Mansion

A mansion is a large,
luxurious home.
Interestingly, there is
no legal definition
regarding how big a
home must be in order
to be a mansion.
 14.- Mobile Home

A mobile home is a
mobile structure that
can be towed, but isn't
designed for frequent
towing like a
recreational vehicle.
Mobile homes are
built in a factory,
towed to the lot and
remain in place.
 15.- Castle

a large building,
typically of the
medieval period,
fortified against
attack with thick
walls, battlements,
towers, and in many
cases a moat.
 16.- Fort

A fort is a military
structure built to
defend and house
military folk.
 17.- Coach House

an outbuilding in
which a carriage is
or was kept.
 18.- Tiny Home

A tiny home is a
small home that may
be stationary or be
mobile that ranges in
size from 10 to 40 sq
m.
 19.- Tree House

A treehouse is a
structure built
between the branches
of a large tree. They
are often seen as
places for children
to play but there are
hotels around the
world where you can
sleep in a treehouse
hotel room above the
ground.
 20.- Multi-family

denoting or relating
to accommodation
designed for
occupation by more
than one family..