World Housing Encyclopedia
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Building Taxonomy Summary Reports

Continent Country Buildilng Description Construction Material Contributor Report
Asia & Middle East Afghanistan Eye Hospital Masonry, unreinforced Amit Kumar Download
Asia & Middle East Afghanistan OBG Ward 2 Masonry, unreinforced Amit Kumar Download
Asia & Middle East Afghanistan Stock Room Masonry, unreinforced Amit Kumar Download
Asia & Middle East Afghanistan Faizabad Hospital (Guard Room) Wood Amit Kumar Download
Asia & Middle East Afghanistan Hospital Laboratory Masonry, unreinforced Amit Kumar Download
Asia & Middle East Afghanistan Kitchen and Pantry Masonry, unknown reinforcement Amit Kumar Download
Asia & Middle East Afghanistan Laundry-fuel Storage Masonry, unreinforced Amit Kumar Download
Asia & Middle East Afghanistan Faizabad Hospital (Main Building) Masonry, unreinforced Amit Kumar Download
Africa Algeria Médéa Masonry, confined Saliha Aitmesbah Download
Africa Algeria Tunnel Form Residential Building Concrete, reinforced Mohammed Farsi Download
Africa Algeria Mixed-System Concrete, reinforced Mohammed Farsi Download
South America Argentina RC Building in Mendoza Concrete, reinforced Francisco Crisafulli Download
North & Central America Barbados Single-Story RC Masonry Building Masonry, reinforced Greg Parris Download
Asia & Middle East Bhutan 3-Story Rammed Earth Building Earth, unreinforced Dago Zangmo Download
South America Brazil Circata System Steel Wallace Novaes Download
Europe Bulgaria Precast RC Residential Buildings Concrete, reinforced Manya Deyanova Download
Asia & Middle East Central Asia Masonry with seismic provisions (e.g. seismic belts) Masonry, reinforced EMCA Working Group Download
Asia & Middle East Central Asia Buildings with monolithic reinforced concrete walls Concrete, reinforced EMCA Working Group Download
Asia & Middle East Central Asia Precast concrete flat slab buildings (consisting of columns and slabs) – Seria KUB Concrete, reinforced EMCA Working Group Download
Asia & Middle East Central Asia Buildings with adobe or earthen walls Masonry, unreinforced EMCA Working Group Download
Asia & Middle East Central Asia Buildings with monolithic concrete frames and brick infill walls Concrete, reinforced EMCA Working Group Download
Asia & Middle East Central Asia Buildings with monolithic concrete moment frames Concrete, reinforced EMCA Working Group Download
Asia & Middle East Central Asia Buildings with monolithic concrete frame and shear walls (dual system) Concrete, reinforced EMCA Working Group Download
Asia & Middle East Central Asia Unreinforced masonry -buildings with walls of brick masonry, stone, or blocks in cement or mixed mortar (no seismic design) – wooden floors Masonry, unreinforced EMCA Working Group Download
Asia & Middle East Central Asia Precast concrete large panel buildings with monolithic panel joints – Seria 105 Concrete, reinforced EMCA Working Group Download
Asia & Middle East Central Asia Unreinforced masonry – buildings with walls of brick masonry, stone, or blocks in cement or mixed mortar (no seismic design) – precast concrete floors Masonry, unreinforced EMCA Working Group Download
Asia & Middle East Central Asia Buildings with load-bearing braced wooden frames Wood EMCA Working Group Download
Asia & Middle East Central Asia Prefabricated RC frame with linear elements with welded joints in the zone of maximum loads or with rigid walls in one direction – Seria 111, IIS-04 Concrete, reinforced EMCA Working Group Download
Asia & Middle East Central Asia Confined masonry Masonry, confined EMCA Working Group Download
Asia & Middle East Central Asia Buildings with load-bearing braced wooden frames Wood EMCA Working Group Download
South America Chile Braced Wooden Frame Infilled with Adobe Units Masonry, reinforced Maximiliano Astroza and Ofelia Moroni Download
South America Chile Concepcion Concrete, reinforced Gian Carlo Giuliano Download
South America Chile Confined Masonry Building Masonry, confined Ofelia Moroni Download
Asia & Middle East China Hong Kong Typical Residential Building Concrete, reinforced Grace Fok Download
Asia & Middle East China The Complex Building of the Yingxiu Secondary School in Yingxiu Town Concrete, reinforced Sun Baitao Download
South America Colombia Tendinous Walls Concrete, composite with steel section Seku Catacoli Download
Africa Ethiopia College/University Building Concrete, unknown reinforcement Bezabeh Download
Europe Germany Prefabricated Metal Construction of the Modern Movement Steel Maria Bostenaru Download
Europe Germany Smolka Woodframe Wood Anselm Smolka Download
Africa Ghana Typical Reinforced Concrete Buildings Concrete, reinforced Carlien Bou-Chedid Download
Europe Greece RC Dual Frame-Shear Wall System Concrete, reinforced Antonios Pomonis Download
Europe Greece House in Athens Concrete, reinforced Kostas Holevas Download
North & Central America Haiti Haiti Apartment Building Concrete, reinforced Tim Hart Download
North & Central America Haiti College d'Education Moderne – Elementary School Masonry, confined Abe Lynn Download
Europe Hungary Swabian House Masonry, unreinforced Maria Bostenaru Download
Asia & Middle East India Kolkata Residential Concrete, unknown reinforcement Tanmay Dey Download
Asia & Middle East India manohar Concrete, reinforced bs Download
Asia & Middle East India Open Ground Storey RC Frame Building Concrete, reinforced Hemant B. Kaushik Download
Asia & Middle East Indonesia Rumah Tembok Masonry, confined Jitendra Bothara "Download
Asia & Middle East Indonesia Typical Residential Building Masonry, confined Tim Hart Download
Asia & Middle East Indonesia The City Council Building Concrete, reinforced Sugeng Wijanto Download
Asia & Middle East Indonesia Strata Title Office Building Concrete, reinforced Sugeng Wijanto Download
Asia & Middle East Indonesia The Modest House Type 21-72 Masonry, confined Sugeng Wijanto and Hendri Muljanto Download
Asia & Middle East Indonesia Log House Wood Jitendra Bothara "Download
Asia & Middle East Indonesia Traditional Building in Jalan Pondock Masonry, unreinforced Simon Simpson Download
Asia & Middle East Iran Confined Masonry Masonry, confined M. Yekrangnia and A.S. Moghadam Download
Asia & Middle East Iran Cement Block Walls with Inclined Roof Masonry, unreinforced M. Yekrangnia and A.S. Moghadam Download
Asia & Middle East Iran Adobe Curved Roof Earth, unreinforced M. Yekrangnia and A.S. Moghadam Download
Asia & Middle East Iran Masonry with Arched Roof Masonry, unreinforced M. Yekrangnia and A.S. Moghadam Download
Asia & Middle East Iran General Construction Concrete, composite with steel section Farhad Homayoun Shad Download
Asia & Middle East Iran Masonry with Wooden Flat Roof Masonry, unreinforced M. Yekrangnia and A.S. Moghadam Download
Asia & Middle East Iran Stone Walls with Wooden Flat Roof Other M. Yekrangnia and A.S. Moghadam Download
Asia & Middle East Iran Wooden Walls with Inclined Roof Wood M. Yekrangnia and A.S. Moghadam Download
Asia & Middle East Iran Masonry Jack-Arch Roof Masonry, unreinforced M. Yekrangnia and A.S. Moghadam Download
Asia & Middle East Iran Adobe Wooden Flat Roof Earth, unreinforced M. Yekrangnia and A.S. Moghadam Download
Europe Ireland Dublin City Centre Building Masonry, unreinforced Julie Clarke Download
Europe Italy RC Typical Italian Building Concrete, reinforced Gianalberto Vecchi Download
Europe Italy Residential Building Concrete, reinforced Giuseppe Barberio Download
Europe Italy Precast Parking Concrete, reinforced Prevosti Download
North & Central America Jamaica Typical 3-Bedroom Residential Building in Suburbs Masonry, reinforced Alfrico Adams Download
Asia & Middle East Japan University Administration Building Concrete, reinforced Charles Scawthorn Download
Asia & Middle East Japan Typical Modern Japanese Urban Single Family Dwellings Wood Charles Scawthorn Download
Asia & Middle East Japan Traditional 3-Story Japanese Pagoda Wood Charles Scawthorn Download
Asia & Middle East Japan Metal Frame Building Steel Charles Scawthorn Download
Asia & Middle East Japan Typical Traditional Japan Urban Single Family Row House Wood Charles Scawthorn Download
Asia & Middle East Japan Typical 1960's Japanese RC Frame University Building. Concrete, reinforced Charles Scawthorn Download
Asia & Middle East Japan Typical 1960's RC Shear Wall University Building Concrete, reinforced Charles Scawthorn Download
Asia & Middle East Japan Typical Traditional Large Wood Japanese Buddhist Temple Wood Charles Scawthorn Download
Asia & Middle East Japan Modern Office Building with Ground Floor Opening Unknown Charles Scawthorn Download
Asia & Middle East Japan Typical Modern Japanese Low-rise RC Apartment (“Mansion”) Building Concrete, reinforced Charles Scawthorn Download
Asia & Middle East Japan Typical Traditional Japanese Storehouse (“Kura”) Earth, reinforced Charles Scawthorn Download
Africa Kenya Mud Wall with Bamboo Reinforcement Earth, reinforced Kishor Jaiswal Download
Asia & Middle East Kyrgyzstan Buildings with load-bearing braced wooden frames Wood InTUIT Download
Asia & Middle East Kyrgyzstan Buildings with adobe or earthen walls Earth, unreinforced InTUIT Download
Asia & Middle East Kyrgyzstan Typical Residential building Concrete, reinforced InTUIT-TEAM Download
Asia & Middle East Kyrgyzstan Unreinforced masonry – buildings with walls of brick masonry, stone, or blocks in cement or mixed mortar (no seismic design) – precast concrete floors Unknown Material InTUIT Download
Asia & Middle East Kyrgyzstan Buildings with monolithic concrete frame and shear walls (dual system) Concrete, reinforced InTUIT-TEAM Download
Asia & Middle East Kyrgyzstan Masonry with seismic provisions (e.g. seismic belts) Concrete, reinforced InTUIT Download
Asia & Middle East Kyrgyzstan Buildings with monolithic reinforced concrete walls Concrete, reinforced InTUIT Download
Asia & Middle East Kyrgyzstan Precast concrete large panel buildings with panel connections achieved by welding of embedment plates – Seria 464 Unknown Material InTUIT Download
Asia & Middle East Kyrgyzstan Steel buildings Steel InTUIT "Download
Africa Malawi Adobe Single Residential House Masonry, unreinforced Mauro Sassu Download
North & Central America Mexico Typical Residential Building Masonry, confined Rene Martinez-Leon Download
North & Central America Mexico Cohoapa, México typical earth dwellling Earth, unreinforced Roberto Arroyo Matus Download
Asia & Middle East Nepal Pillar Wala Ghar (RC Frame with Masonry Infill) Concrete, reinforced Jitendra Bothara "Download
Asia & Middle East Nepal Reinforced Concrete Buildings Concrete, reinforced Prachand Man Pradhan Download
Oceania New Zealand Wood House Wood Jitendra Bothara Download
Oceania New Zealand Oamaru Limestone Building Masonry, unreinforced Jitendra Bothara Download
Asia & Middle East Pakistan Modern Multi-Storey Apartment Building Concrete, reinforced NED University Download
Asia & Middle East Pakistan Typical House in Low-Income Residential Colony Masonry, unreinforced NED University Download
Asia & Middle East Pakistan Considerable Sized Community Mosque Concrete, reinforced NED University Download
Asia & Middle East Pakistan Testing Attributes for a Building Located in Karachi Concrete, reinforced Najia Siddiqui Download
Asia & Middle East Pakistan Modern Construction in Hunza Valley Concrete, reinforced NED University Download
Asia & Middle East Pakistan Vernacular Construction (A Potter's Workshop and Storage Area) Masonry, unreinforced NED University Download
Asia & Middle East Pakistan British Era Naval Officers Rest House at Manora Island Masonry, unreinforced NED University Download
Asia & Middle East Pakistan Modern Multi-Storey Apartment Building, Askari Park Hyderabad Concrete, reinforced NED University Download
Asia & Middle East Pakistan General Construction Concrete, reinforced Raja Saeed Download
Asia & Middle East Pakistan Small House in Rural Sindh Masonry, unreinforced NED University Download
Asia & Middle East Pakistan Common Roadside Tea Shack Wood NED University Download
Asia & Middle East Pakistan Vernacular Construction in Hunza Valley Masonry, unreinforced NED University Download
Asia & Middle East Pakistan Large Government Godown for Storing Wheat Concrete, reinforced NED University Download
Asia & Middle East Pakistan A Building Typical of Gulshan Town, Karachi Concrete, reinforced NED University Download
Asia & Middle East Pakistan Typical House in Low-Middle Income Residential Area Masonry, unreinforced NED University Download
Asia & Middle East Pakistan Vernacular Construction Masonry, unreinforced NED University Download
Asia & Middle East Pakistan Typical House in Middle Income Residential Area Masonry, reinforced NED University Download
Asia & Middle East Pakistan Typical Construction in Low Income Residential Area Masonry, unreinforced NED University Download
Asia & Middle East Pakistan Construction in a dense area of Mingora town, Pakistan Masonry, unreinforced NED University Download
Asia & Middle East Pakistan Batar Masonry, reinforced Jitendra Bothara "Download
Asia & Middle East Pakistan Hillside Brick House Masonry, unreinforced NED University Download
Asia & Middle East Pakistan Adobe House in Yarik Masonry, unknown reinforcement NED University Download
Asia & Middle East Pakistan Grass/Thatch House 02 Other material NED University Download
Asia & Middle East Pakistan Traditional House Masonry, unreinforced NED University Download
Asia & Middle East Pakistan Traditional House Masonry, unreinforced NED University Download
Asia & Middle East Pakistan Traditional House Masonry, unreinforced NED University Download
Asia & Middle East Pakistan Confined Masonry Under Construction House Masonry, confined NED University Download
Asia & Middle East Pakistan RCC House in Gilgit Concrete, reinforced NED University Download
Asia & Middle East Pakistan Traditional Building Style Masonry, unreinforced NED University Download
Asia & Middle East Pakistan Adobe House Masonry, unknown reinforcement NED University Download
Asia & Middle East Pakistan Adobe House 02 Masonry, unknown reinforcement NED University Download
Asia & Middle East Pakistan Contemporary House Masonry, unreinforced NED University Download
Asia & Middle East Pakistan Traditional Building Style Masonry, unreinforced NED University Download
Asia & Middle East Pakistan Adobe House 03 Masonry, reinforced NED University Download
Asia & Middle East Pakistan Adobe House in Yarik Masonry, unreinforced NED University Download
Asia & Middle East Pakistan Gomal University Masonry, reinforced NED University Download
Asia & Middle East Pakistan Traditional House Masonry, reinforced NED University Download
Asia & Middle East Pakistan Traditional House Masonry, reinforced NED University Download
Asia & Middle East Pakistan Traditional Building Style Masonry, unreinforced NED University Download
Asia & Middle East Pakistan House along a drainage creek Masonry, unreinforced NED University Download
Asia & Middle East Pakistan Load Bearing Brick Godowns Masonry, unreinforced NED University Download
Asia & Middle East Pakistan Contemporary House Masonry, unreinforced NED University Download
Asia & Middle East Pakistan House along a drainage creek Masonry, unreinforced NED University Download
Asia & Middle East Pakistan Traditional House Masonry, reinforced NED University Download
Asia & Middle East Pakistan RCC House in Gilgit Concrete, reinforced NED University Download
Asia & Middle East Pakistan RCC House in Gilgit Concrete, reinforced NED University Download
Asia & Middle East Pakistan Contemporary House Masonry, unreinforced NED University Download
Asia & Middle East Pakistan Contemporary House Masonry, unreinforced NED University Download
Asia & Middle East Pakistan Adobe House Masonry, unreinforced NED University Download
Asia & Middle East Pakistan Grass/Thatch House Other material NED University Download
Asia & Middle East Pakistan House along a drainage creek Masonry, unreinforced NED University Download
Asia & Middle East Pakistan RCC House in Gilgit Concrete, reinforced NED University Download
Asia & Middle East Pakistan House along a drainage creek Masonry, unreinforced NED University Download
Asia & Middle East Pakistan House along a drainage creek Masonry, unreinforced NED University Download
Asia & Middle East Pakistan Contemporary House Masonry, unreinforced NED University Download
Asia & Middle East Pakistan Cluster housing – brick Masonry, reinforced NED University Download
Asia & Middle East Pakistan Stone House in Gilgit Masonry, unreinforced NED University Download
Asia & Middle East Pakistan Brick House Masonry, unreinforced NED University Download
South America Peru Adobe House in Nazca Earth, unreinforced Nicola Tarque Download
South America Peru Confined Masonry Building Masonry, confined Nicola Tarque Download
Europe Portugal Unreinforced Masonry 'Gaioleiro' Buildings from Lisbon Masonry, unreinforced Ana Simões, Rita Bento, Carlos Sousa Oliveira Download
Europe Portugal 'Rabo de Bacalhau' Buildings from Lisbon Masonry, unreinforced Mauro Monteiro, Ana Simões, Rita Bento, Carlos Sousa Oliveira Download
Europe Portugal Masonry Buildings with Reinforced Concrete Slabs ('Placa' Buildings) from Lisbon Masonry, unreinforced Ana Simões, Mauro Monteiro, Rita Bento, Carlos Sousa Oliveira Download
Europe Portugal Historical Masonry Buildings in Portuguese City Centres Masonry, unreinforced Ferreita, T.M.; Vicente, R.; Mendes da Silva, J.A.R.; Varum, H. Download
Europe Portugal Reinforced Concrete Building 2 Concrete, reinforced Mário Marques Download
Europe Portugal Concrete Portuguese Building 1 Concrete, reinforced Mário Marques Download
Europe Romania Timber Shop Building in the Courtyard of the Faculty Concrete, reinforced Demeter Istvan Download
Europe Romania Structural Elements Laboratory, National Institute of Research in Construction: INCERC Concrete, reinforced Demeter Istvan Download
Europe Romania RC Infilled Frame Building Housing Two Departments of the Civil Engineering Faculty Concrete, reinforced Demeter Istvan Download
Europe Romania Faculty of Civil Engineering, Politehnica Univ. of Timisoara Concrete, reinforced Demeter Istvan Download
Europe Romania Reinforced Concrete Structures Laboratory Concrete, reinforced Demeter Istvan Download
Europe Romania Raport cladire P+3E Concrete, unknown reinforcement Voinescu Mihai-Gabriel Download
Europe Romania Newly Built Cast-in-Place Concrete Residential Building Concrete, composite with steel section Demeter Istvan Download
Europe Romania Educational Building Concrete, composite with steel section Demeter Istvan Download
Europe Romania Early RC Frame Condominium Building with Masonry Infill Walls Designed for Gravity Loads Only Concrete, reinforced Maria Bostenaru Download
Europe Romania Precast concrete panel apartment buildings Concrete, reinforced Maria BOSTENARU DAN Download
Europe Romania Reinforced concrete frame structure with diagonal bracing and brick infill walls Concrete, reinforced Maria BOSTENARU DAN Download
Europe Romania Reinforced concrete cast-in situ shear wall buildings (with “fagure” plan) Concrete, reinforced Maria BOSTENARU DAN Download
Europe Romania A single-family, two-storey house with brick walls and timber floors Masonry, unreinforced Maria BOSTENARU DAN Download
Europe Romania Medium/high rise moment resisting reinforced concrete frame building Concrete, reinforced Maria BOSTENARU DAN Download
Europe Romania One family one storey house, also called “wagon house” Masonry, unreinforced Maria BOSTENARU DAN Download
Europe Romania Reinforced concrete cast-in situ shear wall buildings (with “fagure” plan and “bulbs”) Concrete, reinforced Maria BOSTENARU DAN Download
Europe Romania Multistorey masonry building Masonry, unknown reinforcement Maria BOSTENARU DAN Download
Asia & Middle East Saudi Arabia 4-Story University Building Concrete, reinforced Ali Altheeb Download
Asia & Middle East Singapore Semi-Detached Residential Dwelling Masonry, confined Simon Simpson Download
Europe Slovenia Precast RC Shear Wall Residential Building Concrete, reinforced Marjana Lutman Download
Europe Slovenia Masonry Residential Building Masonry, unreinforced Marjana Lutman Download
Africa South Africa Typical Residential Building Masonry, unreinforced Christopher Roth Download
Europe Spain Building Masonry Transition to RC Masonry, unreinforced Mercedes Feriche, Federico Salmerón Download
Europe Spain Typical Residential Building before Seismic Design Codes Concrete, reinforced Mercedes Feriche Download
Europe Spain Typical old residential buliding Masonry, unreinforced Mercedes Feriche Download
Europe Spain Typical Residential and Commercial Building with Seismic Design Code Steel Mercedes Feriche Download
Europe Spain Masonry Building Retrofit Masonry, reinforced Mercedes Feriche, Elisa Entrena Download
Europe Switzerland Traditional 3-Storey Stone House with Stone Roof Masonry, unreinforced Tom Schacher Download
Europe Switzerland Half-timbered house in the “Border triangle” (France, Switzerland, Germany) Wood Maria Bostenaru Download
Asia & Middle East Tajikistan Typical Residential Building Masonry, confined Pulat Yasunov Download
Asia & Middle East Tajikistan Multi family Residence Masonry, unreinforced Jafar Niyazov Download
Asia & Middle East Thailand Single-Family Residential Construction Concrete, reinforced Chitr Lilavivat Download
North & Central America Trinidad & Tobago Typical Low Cost House Concrete, unknown reinforcement Anthony Farrell Download
Asia & Middle East Turkmanistan Precast concrete large panel buildings with monolithic panel joints Precast Concrete Nodir Utashev (Sadiy, Bayramov) Download
Africa Uganda General Construction Masonry, confined Eric Lehmkuhl Download
Europe United Kingdom 1 Pancras Square (Office Building) Concrete, reinforced Andre Gibbs Download
North & Central America United States of America Building at Univeristy of Idaho Concrete, reinforced Richard Nielsen Download
North & Central America United States of America Cal Poly QuadPlex Wood Michael Germeraad Download
North & Central America United States of America 701 Welch Road, Palo Alto CA Steel Lauren Doyel, PE, GE Download
North & Central America United States of America Residence, Seattle Wood Kyle Steuck Download
North & Central America United States of America WWII Quansit Huts Metal (except steel) David Merrick Download
North & Central America United States of America Reinforced concrete building Downtowner Hotel, Seattle Concrete, reinforced Svetlana Brzev Download
North & Central America United States of America Single Family Residence circa 1950 Wood Sandra Hyde Download
North & Central America United States of America Commercial/Industrial Building Steel Scott Tinker Download
North & Central America United States of America URM Building Retrofitted after the 2001 Nisqually EQ Seattle Masonry, unreinforced Svetlana Brzev Download
North & Central America United States of America Fountains Business Park, Bldg. 3, 42550 Albrae St., Fremont, CA Concrete, reinforced Jeff Falero Download
Asia & Middle East Uzbekistan Precast concrete large panel buildings with monolithic panel joints Precast Concrete Nodir Utashev (Sadiy, Bayramov) Download
South America Venezuela Typical Residential Building Concrete, reinforced Juan Carlos Vielma Pérez Download