Throughout history, people have fabricated shelters that fit their surroundings.
To many of us, a home is a four-walled fixture on a permanent foundation.
But to others, it is a snowy sanctuary, a hidden cave, or even a floating boat.
Let’s take a tour of different types of houses around the world.
Today, many cave homes around the world have been turned into uniquecave hotelsfor tourists to stay in.
Like igloos, rondavels were traditionally used as temporary hunting lodgings.
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Today,round housesare built and bought by people interested in saving both space and energy.
These wooden houses are raised up on planks for protect their inhabitants and their possessions from flooding.
They’re also designed to sit just high enough to keep safe from invading verminnamely, snakes and insects.
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The straw roofs can often be substituted with reeds or palm leaves.
A typical honai home is approximately 4-6 meters in diameter and 5-7 meters in height.
Despite their small size, they are usually occupied by 5-10 people.
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The ideal hanok house is built with a mountain in the back and a river in front.
They are characterized by ornate rounded gables, whitewashed walls, wooden shutters, and thatched roofs.
Communities dedicated totiny homeshave popped up across the United States, with Portland, Oregon, at its epicenter.
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Easy to erect and relatively inexpensive, thesesmall housesare perfect for people interested in downsizing.
Today, they can be found all over the city.
Today, roughly 300 of these mudbrick homes exist in Acoma.
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According toAround The World L, these wooden, traditional homes popped up in the late 19th century.
Since then, they have creatively been characterized as Carpenters Gothic due to their ornate decoration.
Regent’s Canala waterway that spans nearly nine miles of the cityis home to a community of canal boats.
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Over 1,500 trulli populate the town of Alberobello.
Historically, they were used as housing by agricultural laborers or temporary field shelters.
Now, luxury trulli in Italy are highly sought after in the real estate market as charming vacation homes.
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