domestic architecture

Residential building design

Domestic architecture is the design and construction of private residences—houses, apartments, and other dwellings where people live.

The term distinguishes residential buildings from commercial, industrial, or public structures.

The neighborhood showcases Victorian domestic architecture.

Discussions of domestic architecture often address how homes reflect cultural values, family structures, and everyday life.

Related

ranch house · split level · front porch · Gothic Revival · Windows · Tudor · row house · Mediterranean · open floor plan · crown molding · Adobe · mud room · master bedroom

Opposites
building function/purpose

domestic architecturecommercial architecture

Design of business buildings

industrial architecture · religious architecture · sacred architecture · office buildings

scale and monumentality

domestic architecturemonumental architecture

Large-scale impressive buildings

cathedral architecture · skyscraper design · megastructures · urban infrastructure

ownership and access

domestic architecturepublic buildings

Structures for community use

civic buildings · civic spaces · government buildings · public housing

Family

domestic, architecture, domestics, domesticate, domesticated, domesticating, domestication, domesticity, dome

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G