There are different types of houses.
Depending on the size we can classify houses as small,medium or big.
Based on the type of roof houses are divided into sloped roof or flat roof.Slope or slanting roof are used in places of heavy rainfall or snowfall.Different types of materials are used for slanting roof houses. This varies from dry leaves, palm leaves or grasses as in huts or clay tiles as in cottages or reinforced concrete as in modern villas.
Whether the buildings are dwellings for individual families or house many units each for a family, one in each separate building or all in a single building etc, we can call them independent houses and houses for community living or flats.
In remote areas and mountains etc, houses are simply made of readily available materials.Such houses are called kutcha houses. On the other hand, houses that are made of brick, cement etc are called pakka houses.
Some people keep moving from one place to another. They make houses that can be carried. These are temporary houses or mobile houses. Other houses that can't be moved can naturally then be called permanent houses!
Yet another classification that we can give for houses are as cheap and expensive. Huts are the least expensive. Cottages and Baker model houses are relatively cheap compared to Villas and Bungalows.
Those with the most costly interiors are categorised as luxury homes.
Thus we can find innumerable criteria to categorize houses. Whatever it may be, there are innumerable types of houses. I have listed some of the popular ones in and around Kerala and some others that may be of specific interest for kids from else where.
CAVES:
Primitive men and animals lived in caves or caverns. These are seen both on mountains and along seasides.
HUTS:
These are small crude shelters. Mostly made of natural and locally available materials. Its swift and cheap in construction. Nowadays we can see such huts on remote tribal areas only.
TENTS:
These are portable temporary shelters. Mostly made of assembled fabric and poles. Its used by nomads, military personnel and to aid disaster victims.
CARAVANS:
These are mobile homes. Its prefabricated material, shifted from one place to another by trailers as tow. Its a common camp dwelling.
STILT HOUSES:
These are also called pile dwellings. Seen on mountains. When constructed near lakes, it gives primary protection from flooding.
TREE HOUSES:
These are seen in forests for protection from animals. Its made among the branches of mature trees. Now used as recreation shelters in wild life tourism also.
IGLOO:
This is a snow house. Seen in Arctic regions. It is usually dome shaped. Its a traditional shelter.
HOUSE BOATS:
These are modified boast for human dwelling. Its either moored or motorized. In Kerala, house boats used for leisure trips are locally called kettuvallams.
MARQUEES:
These are large tents. Its made using aluminium frames and canvas. Though not used as dwellings, these are popular as circus tents, at fairs, for performance and banquets etc.
SHAMIANA:
Popular ethnic tents of India. Used for outdoor parties or restaurants. These come in excellent designs and multicolours. Mostly used as temporary venues only.
COTTAGES:
These are modest dwellings and cosy homes. Its a blend of traditional build and modern amenities. Now popular in tourist resorts and home-stays.
VILLAS:
Formerly this referred to elegant, upper class country homes. Now modern detached town houses are also called villas.
BUNGALOWS:
Low rise Indian dwellings with verandahs. Spacious homes used as single family unit.
KERALA HOMESTEADS OR MANSIONS:
Popularly called Nalukettu, Ettukettu or Pathinarukettu; these are traditional tharavads of Kerala now called Heritage homes. These have excellent natural modulation of light, air and heat. This is maintained through a special component called nadumuttam or courtyards that open to the sky and are within the buildings. The number of courtyards ranges from 1,2 or 4 and the names accordingly.(ex: 1 courtyard = nalukettu; 2 = ettukettu and 4 courtyards = pathinarukettu)
SHARED VIDEO OF A MODERN NALUKETTU
PALACES:
Royal residences of yester years, some have been converted as hotels, museums or tourist centres. Some are used as homes of Heads of State. The Kowdiar Palace in Thiruvananthapuram is still used by present generation of Thiruvithamcore dynasty.
KOVILAKOMS:
Traditional large palaces that refers to the residence of all members of the Royal dynasty who are not heirs of King or Queen.
ECO FRIENDLY HOMES:
These are houses that pool together many factors like rainwater harvesting, multi-fuel burning stoves, gardens, glazed windows, insulated loft, solar panels, wind turbine, compost heap, waste recycling, energy efficient appliances etc.
HABITAT HOUSES:
Baker model houses are cost effective, sustainable, organic architecture initiatives. Concept visualised by British Indian Architect, Laurence Wilfred Baker, this has been popularised in Kerala as the Eco-friendly low cost houses. Each building is unique and beautiful with space considerations that blend with nature of that plot.
For more information peep into: http://lauriebaker.net/
PAPER HOUSES:
Modern modular homes designed by a Swiss Company. These are structures made of resin soaked cellulose; proposed to be used in Nigeria and Angola.
GREEN HOUSES:
The term means 100% energy efficient houses. An isolated house with less impact on environment has been reported from Costa Rica.
GLASS HOUSE:
A house where the structure is natural glass enclosed rooms. First made as the residence of Philip Johnson in 1949. He is the apostle of modern austere architecture.
APARTMENTS/FLATS
These are self contained multi-storeyed housing units. the lower floors are called basement suites and top floors are called pent houses. The small ones are called studios or Bachelor's Quarters. Here, many families dwell in the same building. most public facilities are common. Popular community living of present urban locales.
TOWER BLOCKS:
Also called residential towers, these are extremely tall high rise buildings. These are popular as dwellings since 1940 in dense urban environments.
ANTILLIA
This is the world's first billion dollar house and is on Malabar Hills at Mumbai. A 27 storeyed building, it is Mukesh Ambani's new residence for his single family. With a proposed construction cost of more than 2 billion dollars it has 3 helipads and 9 elevators.
For amazing pictures and a quick look click:
http://lifeisreallybeautiful.com/lifeisreallybeautifulandsuchawonder/antilia-mukesh-ambanis-palace/
Video shot covered by News tonight shared from you tube:
For complete details see links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antilia_%28building%29
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/interactive/2010/oct/13/mukesh-ambani-antilla-mumbai
Depending on the size we can classify houses as small,medium or big.
Based on the type of roof houses are divided into sloped roof or flat roof.Slope or slanting roof are used in places of heavy rainfall or snowfall.Different types of materials are used for slanting roof houses. This varies from dry leaves, palm leaves or grasses as in huts or clay tiles as in cottages or reinforced concrete as in modern villas.
Whether the buildings are dwellings for individual families or house many units each for a family, one in each separate building or all in a single building etc, we can call them independent houses and houses for community living or flats.
In remote areas and mountains etc, houses are simply made of readily available materials.Such houses are called kutcha houses. On the other hand, houses that are made of brick, cement etc are called pakka houses.
Some people keep moving from one place to another. They make houses that can be carried. These are temporary houses or mobile houses. Other houses that can't be moved can naturally then be called permanent houses!
Yet another classification that we can give for houses are as cheap and expensive. Huts are the least expensive. Cottages and Baker model houses are relatively cheap compared to Villas and Bungalows.
Those with the most costly interiors are categorised as luxury homes.
Thus we can find innumerable criteria to categorize houses. Whatever it may be, there are innumerable types of houses. I have listed some of the popular ones in and around Kerala and some others that may be of specific interest for kids from else where.
CAVES:
Primitive men and animals lived in caves or caverns. These are seen both on mountains and along seasides.
HUTS:
These are small crude shelters. Mostly made of natural and locally available materials. Its swift and cheap in construction. Nowadays we can see such huts on remote tribal areas only.
TENTS:
These are portable temporary shelters. Mostly made of assembled fabric and poles. Its used by nomads, military personnel and to aid disaster victims.
CARAVANS:
These are mobile homes. Its prefabricated material, shifted from one place to another by trailers as tow. Its a common camp dwelling.
STILT HOUSES:
These are also called pile dwellings. Seen on mountains. When constructed near lakes, it gives primary protection from flooding.
TREE HOUSES:
These are seen in forests for protection from animals. Its made among the branches of mature trees. Now used as recreation shelters in wild life tourism also.
IGLOO:
This is a snow house. Seen in Arctic regions. It is usually dome shaped. Its a traditional shelter.
HOUSE BOATS:
These are modified boast for human dwelling. Its either moored or motorized. In Kerala, house boats used for leisure trips are locally called kettuvallams.
MARQUEES:
These are large tents. Its made using aluminium frames and canvas. Though not used as dwellings, these are popular as circus tents, at fairs, for performance and banquets etc.
SHAMIANA:
Popular ethnic tents of India. Used for outdoor parties or restaurants. These come in excellent designs and multicolours. Mostly used as temporary venues only.
COTTAGES:
These are modest dwellings and cosy homes. Its a blend of traditional build and modern amenities. Now popular in tourist resorts and home-stays.
VILLAS:
Formerly this referred to elegant, upper class country homes. Now modern detached town houses are also called villas.
BUNGALOWS:
Low rise Indian dwellings with verandahs. Spacious homes used as single family unit.
KERALA HOMESTEADS OR MANSIONS:
Popularly called Nalukettu, Ettukettu or Pathinarukettu; these are traditional tharavads of Kerala now called Heritage homes. These have excellent natural modulation of light, air and heat. This is maintained through a special component called nadumuttam or courtyards that open to the sky and are within the buildings. The number of courtyards ranges from 1,2 or 4 and the names accordingly.(ex: 1 courtyard = nalukettu; 2 = ettukettu and 4 courtyards = pathinarukettu)
SHARED VIDEO OF A MODERN NALUKETTU
PALACES:
Royal residences of yester years, some have been converted as hotels, museums or tourist centres. Some are used as homes of Heads of State. The Kowdiar Palace in Thiruvananthapuram is still used by present generation of Thiruvithamcore dynasty.
KOVILAKOMS:
Traditional large palaces that refers to the residence of all members of the Royal dynasty who are not heirs of King or Queen.
ECO FRIENDLY HOMES:
These are houses that pool together many factors like rainwater harvesting, multi-fuel burning stoves, gardens, glazed windows, insulated loft, solar panels, wind turbine, compost heap, waste recycling, energy efficient appliances etc.
HABITAT HOUSES:
Baker model houses are cost effective, sustainable, organic architecture initiatives. Concept visualised by British Indian Architect, Laurence Wilfred Baker, this has been popularised in Kerala as the Eco-friendly low cost houses. Each building is unique and beautiful with space considerations that blend with nature of that plot.
For more information peep into: http://lauriebaker.net/
PAPER HOUSES:
Modern modular homes designed by a Swiss Company. These are structures made of resin soaked cellulose; proposed to be used in Nigeria and Angola.
GREEN HOUSES:
The term means 100% energy efficient houses. An isolated house with less impact on environment has been reported from Costa Rica.
GLASS HOUSE:
A house where the structure is natural glass enclosed rooms. First made as the residence of Philip Johnson in 1949. He is the apostle of modern austere architecture.
APARTMENTS/FLATS
These are self contained multi-storeyed housing units. the lower floors are called basement suites and top floors are called pent houses. The small ones are called studios or Bachelor's Quarters. Here, many families dwell in the same building. most public facilities are common. Popular community living of present urban locales.
TOWER BLOCKS:
Also called residential towers, these are extremely tall high rise buildings. These are popular as dwellings since 1940 in dense urban environments.
ANTILLIA
This is the world's first billion dollar house and is on Malabar Hills at Mumbai. A 27 storeyed building, it is Mukesh Ambani's new residence for his single family. With a proposed construction cost of more than 2 billion dollars it has 3 helipads and 9 elevators.
For amazing pictures and a quick look click:
http://lifeisreallybeautiful.com/lifeisreallybeautifulandsuchawonder/antilia-mukesh-ambanis-palace/
Video shot covered by News tonight shared from you tube:
For complete details see links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antilia_%28building%29
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/interactive/2010/oct/13/mukesh-ambani-antilla-mumbai
