The document discusses different types of buildings including residential, commercial, agricultural, industrial, educational and government. It focuses on describing various types of residential buildings such as detached houses, semi-detached houses, terraced houses, bungalows and provides examples. The residential building types are described as free-standing, paired units that share walls, rows of identical housing attached together and single-level ground structures.
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PREPARED BY:-PREPARED BY:-
Karm BalarKarm Balar
ASST. Prof.ASST. Prof.
S.S.A.S.I.T.S.S.A.S.I.T.
S.S.A.S.I.T G.T.U
SHREE SWAMI ATMANAND SARASWATISHREE SWAMI ATMANAND SARASWATI
INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, SURATINSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, SURAT
Building & Town planningBuilding & Town planning
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? It is a free-standing residential building.
? Generally found in less dense
urban areas, the suburbs of cities, and
rural areas.
? Surrounded by a garden.
? Garages can also be found on most lots.
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? They consist of pairs of houses built side
by side as units
? They share a party wall
? Usually each house's layout is a mirror
image of its twin
? Symbolic of the suburbanisation of the
United Kingdom and Ireland
? This type of housing is a half-way state
between terraced and detached houses.
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Terraced houses
A terrace(d) or row house, is a style of housing in
use since the late 17th century. A row of identical or
mirror-image houses share side walls. The first and
last of these houses is called an end terrace.