Index

Index

Rural Housing

Colonia   


 

 

 

 

 

Polanco Park

 


 

 

 

Man Camp

 

 

 

 

Barndominium


 

 

 

 

 

Single Family Houses 

Doublewide


 

 

 

 

McMansion   

 

 

 

 

 

 

Iceberg House


 





Mullet House






Persian Palace

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fenced Front Yard

 

 

 

 

 

Lifted House

 

 

 

 

Modern Farmhouse / McFarmhouse

Levittown House

Townhouses and Small Lots

Garden Townhouse






Bayonne Box

 

 

 

 

 

 

Skinny House

 

 

 

 

 

Small Lot Home (Houston townhouse)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tiny Tract House

 

 

 

 

Tower Houses


 

 

 

 

 


Popup


 

 

 


Stacked Townhouse






Slot Homes







Little Box

Brownstone

Low Rise Apartments

Dingbat

 

 

 

 

Double Duplex   






Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU)






Garage Conversion






Lifted Duplex





Vehicular Dwelling Unit






Backyard Duplex / Double ADU






California Triplex (House + ADU + Junior ADU)





Basement Apartment












Fourplex

Sixplex






Garden Apartment






McDuplex






Mid-Rise Apartments

Texas Donut (Wrap)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Half-Basement Garage

 

 

 

 



5-over-1 (Podium Building)


 

 

 

 


5-over-3         







Point Access Block

High Rise Apartments

Parking Fortress

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mechanical Void  


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Tower in the Park


Beachfront Condo

Mixed Use

Chinatown Retail/Office/Housing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Live/Work  

Mixed-Use Mall

 Conversions

Office Conversion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loft

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Illegal Warehouse Conversion

 

 

 

 

 

Church Conversion

 

 

 

 

 

Student Housing 

 

Fraternities, Sororities, Co-ops, and Mini-Dorms


 

 

 

 

 

 

 Dormitory 



 

 

 

 

 



Student Apartment Tower

Group Housing

Residential Motel

 

 

 

 

 

Tiny House Village

 

 

 

 

 

Microhousing  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Residential Hotel / Single Room Occupancy

Senior Housing 

Retirement Duplex

 

 

 

 

 

Senior Housing Tower

Nursing Home

Miscellaneous

Encampment

 

 

 

 

Castle Revival

 


 


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