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Common types of secondary dwelling units

Housing, or more generally, living spaces, refers to the construction and assigned usage of houses or buildings individually or collectively, for the purpose of shelter. Housing is a basic human need, and it plays a critical role in shaping the quality of life for individuals, families, and communities. (Full article...)

Wentworth Woodhouse in Yorkshire is the largest great house in the United Kingdom.
A great house is a large house or mansion with luxurious appointments and great retinues of indoor and outdoor staff. The term is used mainly historically, especially of properties at the turn of the 20th century, i.e., the late Victorian or Edwardian era in the United Kingdom and the Gilded Age in the United States. (Full article...)
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  • ... that the building housing the city council of Palembang, Indonesia, was claimed to be the "grandest" of its kind?
  • ... that when UCLA was founded in 1919, the university's students provided numerous services, including athletics, housing, and parking?
  • ... that although the Wilbraham was built as an apartment building for bachelors, more women than men lived there by 1929?
  • ... that in 2014, one could pay half a million US dollars to live in a former residence for people with tuberculosis?
  • ... that a condominium conversion of Manhattan House cost US$1.1 billion and took ten years?
  • ... that the Twin Parks housing project in New York City, the site of a January 2022 fire that killed seventeen people, won architectural awards after it was constructed in the early 1970s?
  • ... that a conversion plan led to the "Battle of the Century"?
  • ... that a 1905 steam-powered pump was assembled on-site in Virginia with its housing constructed around it?

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... that Litchfield Towers is the largest and tallest dormitory at the University of Pittsburgh's main campus, at 22 stories in height and housing over 1,850 residents?
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