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Typical house design found on Caribbean islands.
Caribbean house
Illustration of a fale.
Fale 6 (Samoa)
Illustration of a Fale damaged by a tsunami.
Fale: Tsunami damaged (Samoa)
Illustration of a Palagi (foreigner) house in Samoa. This style of housing is usually enclosed, built of concrete bricks and a corrugated iron roof.
Palagi house (Samoa)
Enclosed fale (Samoan house) with pandanus leaves drying out front, which are used for weaving.
Enclosed fale with drying pandanus leaves
Fancy fale and gardens in Samoa, on the north-west coast of Upolu.
Samoan fale
fale
Fale 3 (Samoa)
fale.
Fale 4 (Samoa)
Illustration of an enclosed fale.
Fale: enclosed 1 (Samoa)
A fale is a traditional, oval, Samoan building with wooden posts holding up a domed roof. This is a more modern, rectangular version of a fale.
Fale 1 (Samoa)
fale
Fale 2 (Samoa)
Illustration of a fale.
Fale 5 (Samoa)
Illustration of an enclosed, oval fale.
Fale: enclosed 2 (Samoa)
Illustration of an enclosed fale.
Fale: enclosed 3 (Samoa)
Illustration of a traditional Samoan fale, with the round/oval shape, and wooden poles holding up a domed thatched roof. The metal top-piece is a modern addition.
Fale: traditional (Samoa)
The Garden District of New Orleans is famous for household gardens in courtyards such as this one.
Garden in the Garden District
Lafayette Cemetary, a famous aboveground burial place in the Garden District of New Orleans.
Lafayette Cemetary, Garden District
Lafayette Cemetary, a famous aboveground burial place in the Garden District of New Orleans.
Lafayette Cemetary, Garden District
View of Landshut, Germany from the Trausnitz Castle, with the Aldstadt in the foreground and newer developments in the background
Landshut, Germany
View of Landshut, Germany with the Aldstadt in the foreground
Landshut, Germany
The highly defensible treasury hall at Petra, Jordan was carved into the soft rock. The double line of notches to either side of the main building held ladders for the carvers, who started from top.
Treasury Hall at Petra, Jordan
 Downtown Charleston, South Carolina has gracious architecture
Ornate architechture
Wrought iron balconies can regularly be found througout New Orleans and is part of the architechtural experience.
Iron balconies
Lafayette Cemetary, a famous above ground burial place in the Garden District of New Orleans.
Lafayette Cemetary, Garden District
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