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  2. Apartment - Wikipedia

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    A lower-rise apartment building on the left side of the Avenue of the Americas in Manhattan, juxtaposed next to a skyscraper apartment building. An apartment (American English), flat (British English, Indian English, Canadian English, South African English) [a], or unit (Australian English) is a self-contained housing unit (a type of residential real estate) that occupies part of a building ...

  3. Tract housing - Wikipedia

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    Tract housing came about in the 1940s when the demand for cheap housing skyrocketed. Economies of scale meant that large numbers of identical houses could be built in a "cookie cutter" fashion faster and more cheaply to fulfill the growing demand. Developers would purchase a dozen or more adjacent lots and conduct the building construction as ...

  4. Tiny-house movement - Wikipedia

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    Small houses may emphasize design over size, [117] utilize dual purpose features and multi-functional furniture, and incorporate technological advances of space saving equipment and appliances. [21] Vertical space optimization is also a common feature of small houses and apartments. An example of this is the use of loft spaces for sleeping and ...

  5. Danchi - Wikipedia

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    Danchi (Japanese: 団地, literally "group land") is the Japanese word for a large cluster of apartment buildings or houses of a particular style and design, typically built as public housing by government authorities.

  6. Khrushchevka - Wikipedia

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    Panel khrushchevka in Tomsk. Khrushchevkas (Russian: хрущёвка, romanized: khrushchyovka, IPA: [xrʊˈɕːɵfkə]) are a type of low-cost, concrete-paneled or brick three- to five-storied apartment building and apartments in these buildings, which were designed and constructed in the Soviet Union since the early 1960s, during the time its namesake Nikita Khrushchev was the leader of the ...

  7. Premier House - Wikipedia

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    Premier House (Māori: Te Whare Pirimia) is the official residence of the prime minister of New Zealand, located at 260 Tinakori Road, Thorndon, Wellington, New Zealand.. A private house purchased for the prime minister's official residence when government shifted its base to Wellington in 1865, it was first greatly expanded and then, as its wooden structure deteriorated, shunned in the 1930s ...

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