of human habitation forms List of house types Machiya Japan Malay houses traditional houses of Bahasa people of Malaya Mitato (Greece) Mountain hut Mudhif Nakamal (Vanuatu) Nipa hut (Philippines) Oast house Oca (structure) (Brazil) Old Frisian farmhouse (The Netherlands and North German Plain) Orri (France) Peel tower (England, Scotland) The Queenslander (Australia) Rondavel (Central and South Africa) Rumoh Aceh indigenous architecture of Aceh, Indonesia Sheiling Shotgun house Sod house Stilt house Tipi Torogan (Philippines) Tower house (Scotland, Spain and mountainous regions) Trullo Wharenui, a Māori longhouse (New Zealand) Wigwam Yaranga Yurt (Central Asia) Architectural elements Dormer window Mashrabiya (also known as shanashel in Iraq) Oriel window Windcatcher (bad girs in Arabic) Building techniques and materials: Bundwerk construction method used in Austria, Tyrol and Bavaria Cob (material) Grouted roof Pierrotage (French infill material) Sod roof Stilts (architecture) Thatch Veranda (Australia) Wattle and daub Organizations: Vernacular Architecture Forum Architecture, SUST International Network for Traditional Building, Architecture & Urbanism Regional vernacular architecture: Architecture in early modern Scotland#Vernacular architecture in Early modern Scotland Baita (architecture) Alpine regions of Europe Balinese architecture Bali, Indonesia Batak architecture Indigenous architecture of the people of Sumatra, Indonesia Creole architecture in the United States Estonian vernacular architecture European medieval architecture in North America Indian vernacular architecture Kanak traditional architecture Mar del Plata style Scottish Vernacular Shophouse (South-East Asia) Traditional architecture of Enggano (Indonesia) Vernacular architecture in Indonesia Rustic architecture of the United States Vernacular architecture of the Carpathians Vernacular architecture of old Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) Vernacular architecture in Norway Vernacular architecture of Ukraine Vernacular residential architecture of Western Sichuan Vernacular architecture of Spain Examples: Al-Mashrabiya Building Broken Angel House Ethel S. Roy House Machiya – traditional Japanese wooden town houses Phonehenge West Slow architecture Watts Towers Witch window People: Laurie Baker Geoffrey Bawa Rifat Chadirji Bashirul Haq Saiful Haq Friedensreich Hundertwasser Howard Moffitt Mudéjar Dan Phillips Kea Tawana References Sources and further reading Large format. Clifton-Taylor pioneered the study of the English vernacular. Glassie, Henry. "Architects, Vernacular Traditions, and Society" Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Review, Vol 1, 1990, 9-21 Mark Jarzombek, Architecture of First Societies: A Global Perspective, (New York: Wiley & Sons, August 2013) Carl Pruscha, Austrian architect and United Nations-UNESCO advisor to the government of Nepal, lived and worked in the Himalayas 1964–74. He continued his activities as head of the design studio "Habitat, Environment and Conservation" at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. Schittich, Christian,