There are many different house styles where we live in. They protect us from many things like the sun, rain, wind, and enemies. Here, we provide a list of the most popular different house styles with their names and pictures from around the world.
Table of Contents
House Styles
Types of Houses
What style is your house?
Here are 45 different house styles available worldwide.
- 2-Level-Flat
- Colonial
- Apartment/ Flat
- Chalet
- Bungalow
- Caravan
- Barn
- Castle
- Gable Front House
- Condominium
- Octagon House
- Converted Flat
- Cottage
- Detached House
- Dormitory
- Container House
- Duplex
- Farmhouse
- Habitat House
- Courtyard House
- Hotel
- Houseboat
- Hut
- Igloo
- Kutcha House
- Lighthouse
- Lodge
- Log Cabin
- Manor
- Mansion
- Motel
- Palace
- Semi-detached House
- Shack
- Shamiana
- Skyscraper
- Studio Flat (UK)/ Studio Apartment (US)
- Teepee
- Tent
- Terraced House
- Townhouse
- Trailer
- Treehouse
- Villa
- Stilt House
House Styles | Examples & Pictures
2-Level-Flat
Colonial
Soon the neat stores were replaced by faded brownstones and tumbledown colonial houses.
Apartment/ Flat
The senator has two homes – an apartment in Washington and a house in Colorado.
Chalet
When she stayed in the Berry chalet she slept on the living-room sofa.
Bungalow
Paul lives in a tiny bungalow and had kept marine fish in a four-foot tank for several years.
Caravan
For six months they camped out in a caravan in a meadow at the back of the house.
Barn
That big building is a barn for keeping the grain.
Castle
Instead of working hard at her lessons, Mary spends her time building a castle in the air.
Condominium
I wanted to do something that no one has done — build a luxurious condominium.
Converted Flat
Cottage
I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read.
Detached House
He lived with his family in a new ￡300,000 four-bedroom detached house in nearby Thurnscoe.
Dormitory
It was a large warehouse that had been converted by the addition of beds into a dormitory.
Container House
Duplex
She lives in a kind of special high-end duplex house, the decoration is very luxurious.
Farmhouse
The thieves lay low for a few days in a farmhouse, then tried to leave the country with the money.
Courtyard House
Hotel
When I came back to the hotel Laura and Peter were shouting and bawling at each other.
Houseboat
Afterward, the newlyweds were to cruise the Huangpu River in a luxury houseboat.
Hut
You can then use this hut as a base for explorations into the mountains around.
Igloo
Ice Trolls have been observed to live in igloo-like structures and simple tents.
Lighthouse
The tower provided shore accommodation for keepers and kept in communication with the lighthouse by means of flagstaff signals and carrier pigeons.
Lodge
We can take those two soldiers from the porter’s lodge with us.
Log Cabin
We arrived at some logging camp; there was a lot of snow, and we were living in a log cabin.
Manor
Families cherished their forbears, whether these had lived in humble cottages or in manor houses.
Mansion
Motel
The agents arrested the midshipmen couriers, one of whom was Harloff when they arrived at the motel.
Palace
When built, the palace and its grounds were more extensive than the city itself.
Semi-detached House
I was working a day or two a week in Cambridge at the time, so in 2003 I traded one three-bed Victorian semi-detached house for another.
Shack
She just walked on back to the shack, carrying my breakfast plate in one hand.
Skyscraper
For a moment she wished she were on the top floor of a very, very high skyscraper.
Studio Flat (UK)/ Studio Apartment (US)
Each studio flat is equipped with a bathroom, kitchenette, and balcony.
Teepee
He has two big houses in this country, not to mention his villa in France.
Tent
I went into her tent and she told me to sit down.
It’s a terraced house built in 1897.
Townhouse
The family moved into the Mayberry Estates townhouse complex last November.
Trailer
Treehouse
The treehouse was constructed from the unused toolshed.
Villa
Each villa has a separate sitting room.
Stilt House
House Styles Vocabulary | Infographic
House Styles Around the World
