Global Traditional Houses: Architectural Styles and Features

Barraca

Triangular roof, brick walls, also reeds and rushes. spain

Riads

Several floors, rooms around an inner patio, decorated with tiles and mosaics. moracco

Hanok

Built with clay, wooden beams, tiles, nails. korea

Minka

Traditional houses (used by common people). japan

Plank house

Large communal house, made of cedar wood. indonesi and us

Mudhif

Made of reeds, tunnel-shaped. southern iraq marshes

Hare paenga

Boat-shaped, elongated, roof of plant material with 3 layers, one door. easter island

Izba

Wooden house, main feature is the stove. russia

Wealden Hall House

Wooden structure, roof hole later became chimney, upper floor wider than base. se england

Cabaña pasiega

Two floors: animals below, people above. cantabria

Chaumiere

Lots of straw, oak beams. framce uk germany

Casas en la tierra

Underground houses, protect from extreme temperatures. worldwide

Trullo

Rural stone houses, cone-shaped. apulia, italy