1. En inglés, se utilizan los términos terrace(d) house, row
house y townhouse en arquitectura y planeamiento urbano para
designar un tipo de casas originado a finales del siglo XVII, en el cual un
grupo de casas idénticas compartes sus paredes externas. La primera y
la última vivienda de cada hilera es llamada end terrace, generalmente
más grande que las que se encuentran en el medio.
2. Un balcón es una
especie de
plataforma que
se proyecta
desde la pared
de un edificio,
sostenido
por columnas o m
énsulas, y
cerrado
mediante
una balaustrada.
3.
4. Un loft, desván o galería
es un gran espacio con
pocas divisiones, grandes
ventanas y muy luminoso.
5. Semi-detached housing consists of pairs of
houses built side by side as units sharing a
party wall and usually in such a way that
each house's layout is a mirror image of its
twin.
10. basement is accessed from a vertical
door inside the house;
cellar is accessed from a horizontal door outside
the house.
basements can be finished
cellars are for storage.
11. In the UK, cellar implies the dark damp "room" under the
ground floor in a house; often the only access is through a trap-
door. Some people convert their cellars into living
spaces; others leave them to the spiders and old gas-masks.
Basement on the other hand implies a storey below
the ground floor which is used as a living or storage space. In
larger 19th and early 20th century houses, this area was where
the servants worked. Steps from the street lead down to an
ordinary door. " Basement flats" are very
common in such houses.
In office buildings, the basement may be ordinary office space,
or a storage area.