House types

Marcus’s article “The house as symbol of self” to be very interesting. While I agree with many points this article makes, I disagree with a few points that are made as well. I agree that most people have experienced moving into a new house in their lifetime. For some people it is a great experience and for others it is torture. At first the new house may seem strange and even unwelcoming. With my personal experience moving into a new house, after my family made the house our own, such as…

Harris in her book Little White Houses illustrates how her grandparents purchased a house in a white neighborhood to hide their Jewishness (Harris, 2013). Harris had to examine the objects inside the home to negate the incorrect perception and interpretation the whiteness of the house reveals. The same process and attention that I take in the study of the houses is the same consideration I give to the objects within the home. Once I have a comprehensive…

There are many reasons as to why houses are better than apartments. One reason is that you are paying thousands of dollars every year to rent an apartment, and in the end you are not owning anything. Another reason is that you do not have to be so close to your neighbors, and you have your own privacy. Most importantly, houses are more for families, whereas apartments are more like temporary homes for couples. First of all, I can not say that I'm buying a house, but I do believe that I am…

continuous pine-strip through the ceiling. There was various types of materials and textures were used for the floor. At the entrance he chose red slate tiles; Flooring materials at garden room and fireplace was natural stone. Alva Aalto brought the owner’s art passion to the house by creating an open space with the function of the gallery and living room at the same time. The concept was to mark the important role of art in the house, so he designed an extend part from Maire’s studio and the…

very sociable, but to my dismay, people just didn’t seem the friendly type. I never really did feel safe in the school district. That being said, there was only one place that I would always go to relax and get the stress of my mind, and that would be my humble abode, my home. Because I walked to school on a regular basis, I always knew where to go, even during the renovations. I mean, I could never miss the area, a light blue house right across the street from a Kraft factory. The front yard…

Home corner Role-play with integrated Technology (ICT) - First activity in depth: Purpose: Pretended play is supported by several theorists like Erikson (1950), Freud (1958), and Piaget (1962), who discussed the importance of this type of play in developing the children’s cognitive, social and emotional skills (Mindes & Donovan, 2001). Vygotsky was perhaps the most famous theorist in addressing the pretend play as the “leading factor in development,” noting that in play, children develop a range…

Cobblestone Cobblestone houses are one of the most identifiable structures. These types of houses date back to the early 1800's when many of the towns in the area of New York were being founded. For example, even when driving down many of the streets you can easily find houses like this scattered all across. They're marvelous to look at, yet can also be strange because there are only some of these houses that are built out of stone and not lumber. At first, these houses were all probably made…

The Power of a House In the 1950s, in America, the definition of American dream changed as homeownership became an essential part of it. This still stands true today as many immigrants dream of one day saving enough money to buy a house for their family. Through the years, a house has become to symbolize stability, comfort, and even happiness. A house is simply a building of habitation but the more time one lives in it, an attachment develops. This attachment can be attributed to the sense of…

of a community because of its different immigrant and cultural groups that I befriended. Most of the families living there at the time were looking for an affordable and sometimes long- term residence, saving money until having the ability to buy a house. Despite moving eventually, living in the apartments impacted me greatly because it made me appreciate the diversity and community I encountered there. At the…

Looking for Affordable Student Houses Close to Campus Education is the most important gift a parent can give to a child. It is the only thing that can be called a valuable investment which a parent can die comfortably knowing that the child can survive all alone in this harsh world. It is therefore not something negotiable in the current world bearing in mind that the current situation demands knowledgeable people to survive in it. Education is expensive, that is something unavoidable but…