traditional dwellings
Historic native housing
Traditional dwellings are the characteristic houses or shelters built by a culture using local materials and inherited building methods.
The phrase appears in anthropology, architecture, and travel writing to describe structures like yurts, longhouses, adobe pueblos, or thatched cottages—homes that reflect regional climate, available resources, and centuries of accumulated knowledge: The village preserves its traditional dwellings as a heritage site.
- hutSmall crude dwelling
- grass hutDwelling made from dried vegetation
- mud hutSimple earth-walled dwelling
- thatchDried plant roof covering
- thatched roofStraw or reed covering
mudbrick · yurt · igloo · cob · rammed earth · earth lodge · longhouse · log cabin · teepee · stilt house · wigwam · sod house · bamboo weaving · palm frond · clay tiles · timber framing · stone masonry · adobe
traditional dwellingscontemporary architecture
Current-era building style
high-rise buildings · skyscrapers · smart homes · glass towers · new construction
traditional dwellingsmobile homes
Prefabricated transportable dwellings
RVs · houseboats · temporary shelters · camper vans · temporary housing
traditional dwellingsprefabricated housing
Dwellings constructed elsewhere, assembled on-site
prefab homes · concrete blocks · kit homes · manufactured homes
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