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Housing
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Definition
Buildings providing dwelling spaces for people — one of the oldest, most universal, and most socially critical building typologies. Housing ranges from detached single-family houses to dense multi-storey apartment blocks. Housing policy, typology, and quality have profound effects on health, community, and social equity.
Example
The Amsterdam School of housing blocks in the early 20th century — expressive brick apartment buildings with richly crafted facades — showed that social housing could be architecturally distinguished and community-enhancing.