House Types

a classification of architectural constructs - which comfortably shelter domestic human occupation

General Discussion

House Types



• Elemental The basic building block - a single unit / room
• Parallel "Single-pile," one-room deep and with mass parallel to the front
• Perpendicular One room wide, but extending away, perpendicular from front
• Composite Forms seemingly combined from other types
• [Single-Pile] Composite - Combinations of one-room-deep parts
• [Massed] Composite - Massed core with extensions
• Additive "Double-pile," rooms added (or subtracted) in hierachies
• Four-Over Four / The "Georgian Plan" - Equal-sized rooms added to create a rectangle
• New England Plan - Full-sized rooms in front with half-sized rooms behind
• Massed - "Double-pile," rooms massed in cubic or unique form in modern arrangement
  • Foursquares - Cubic form with 3, 4, or 6 major rooms per floor in a modern arrangement
  • Semi-Bungalow - Unique form with 3, 4, or 6 major rooms per floor in a modern arrangement
• [Reductive] Rooms conform to simple and unique form
• Modern "Divided plan" of contemporary living
• Bungalow / "California Bungalow" - Perpendicular one-story with a modern "Divided" floorplan
• Ranch types - Parallel with a modern "Divided" floorplan for one, split level, and two stories