traditional houses
Old-style family homes
Traditional houses are dwellings built according to long-established regional methods, materials, and designs passed down through generations.
These structures reflect local climate, available resources, and cultural practices: Japanese traditional houses use sliding paper screens, the traditional houses of the Greek islands are whitewashed stone.
The term often contrasts with modern or mass-produced construction.
- ancestral homesResidences of one's lineage
- timberWood for construction
- wooden beamsCut lumber for framing
- thatched cottagesSmall homes with dried-grass roofing
- straw roofDried plant covering overhead
cob · stone masonry · mud · clay tiles · roof tiles · natural insulation · thatched · eaves · courtyards · village square · indigenous identity · pueblo · heritage preservation · beams · rammed earth · earthen floors · rafters · hearth
- Flores cultureritual feasts, ritual sacrifice
- Asirterraced farms
- Northern IranSari, Caspian Sea, rice fields, tea plantations, humid climate
- BahrainManama, oil discovery, pearl diving, Tree of Life
- Gifu
- Jeju Islandvolcanic island, basalt, lava tubes, tangerines, black pig
traditional housesprefabricated homes
Dwellings assembled before installation
modernist architecture · modular homes · kit homes · manufactured housing · smart homes
traditional housesmobile homes
Prefabricated transportable dwellings
RVs · trailers · houseboats · camper vans · portable cabins