"Bungalow A bungalow (Origin from Hindi Word: बंगला, Transliteration: bangala ) is a type of building, originally developed in the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent. The meaning of the word ""bungalow"" varies internationally. Common features of many bungalows include verandas and being low-rise. In Australia, the California bungalow associated with the United States was popular after the First World War. In North America and the United Kingdom, a bungalow today is a house, normally detached, that may contain a small loft. It is either single-story or has a second story built into a sloping roof, usually with dormer windows"
"the source. The etymology of the first part of the word is the same as bungalow; late 17th century: from Hindi ""baṅglā"" ‘belonging to Bengal’. Second part is unknown, possibly a colloquialism. Bungaroosh Bungaroosh (also spelt bungeroosh, bungarouche, bungarooge, bunglarooge, bunglarouge and other variations) is a composite building material used almost exclusively in the English seaside resort of Brighton and its attached neighbour Hove between the mid-18th and late 19th centuries, when it grew from a fishing village into a large town. Bungaroosh is often found in buildings of that era in the town and in its near neighbours Worthing"
"of the bungalow has its roots in the vernacular architecture of Bengal. The term ""baṅgalo"", meaning ""Bengali"" and used elliptically for a ""house in the Bengal style"". Such houses were traditionally small, only one storey and detached, and had a wide veranda were adapted by the British, who used them as houses for colonial administrators in summer retreats in the Himalayas and in compounds outside Indian cities. The Bungalow style houses are still very popular in the rural Bengal. In the rural areas of Bangladesh, it is often called “Bangla Ghar” (Bengali Style House). The main construction material used in"
"people. The typical 1930s bungalow is square in plan, with those of the 1960s more likely to be oblong. It is rare for the term ""bungalow"" to be used in British English to denote a dwelling having other than a single storey, in which case ""chalet bungalow"", (see below) is used. In India, the term ""bungalow"" or ""villa"" refers to any single-family unit, as opposed to an apartment building, which is the norm for Indian middle-class city living. The normal custom for an Indian bungalow is one storey, but as time progressed many families built larger two-storey homes to accommodate"
"Bungalow and kept the house cooler during hot summer days. Another roofing material for Bungalow houses has been red clay tiles. Canada uses the definition of bungalow to mean a single-family dwelling that is one storey high. The first two bungalows in England were built in Westgate-on-Sea in 1869 or 1870. A bungalow was a prefabricated single-story building used as a seaside holiday home. Manufacturers included Boulton & Paul Ltd, who made corrugated iron bungalows as advertised in their 1889 catalogue, which were erected by their men on the purchaser's light brickwork foundation. An example is Castle Bungalow at Peppercombe,"
"officials of the British India, and was so known in Britain and later America, where it initially had high status and exotic connotations. The style began to be used in the late 19th century for large country or suburban residential buildings built in an Arts and Crafts or other Western vernacular style—essentially as large cottages, a term also sometimes used. Later developers began to use the term for smaller buildings. Bungalows are very convenient for the homeowner in that all living areas are on a single-story and there are no stairs between living areas. A bungalow is well suited to"
"the price and status of the residence, and thus the wealth of its owner. Local real estate lingo commonly includes the word ""bungalow"" when referring to residences that are more normally described as ""detached"", ""single-family homes"", or even ""mansions"" in other countries. The pervasiveness of the word in the local jargon has resulted in ""bungalow"" being imported into the Malay language as the word ""banglo"" with the same meaning. In South Africa, the term ""bungalow"" never refers to a permanent residential building but means a small holiday home, a small log building, or a wooden beach hut. The American Craftsman"
"Black and white bungalow Black and white bungalows are white-painted bungalows, in a style once commonly used to house European colonial and expatriate families in tropical climate colonies, typically the Southeast Asian colonies of the British Empire in the nineteenth century. The term 'black and white' refers to the dark timber beams and whitewashed walls usually found in these buildings. Such houses typically have a pitched roof with wide overhanging eaves due to the rainy tropical condition, and the high roof also allows for good ventilation that draws in cooling air. The ground floor is generally open and spacious, often"
"built by the British to house their “military officers, High Court judges and other members of the colonial society’s great and good.” At present, there is still a high demand for colonial-era bungalows in Singapore and Malaysia. Most of the units are used as residences. Over the years, some have been transformed into offices, hotels, galleries, spas and restaurants. In the post-colonial period, the term ""bungalow"" has been adapted and used to refer to any stand-alone residence, regardless of size, architectural style, or era in which it was built. Calling a house a bungalow often carries with it connotations of"
"Bungalow on the Beach The Bungalow on the Beach is a 17th-century Danish colonial house which has belonged to the Governor of Danish India, who was styled Opperhoved, and after their exit in 1845, to the British administrator of the colony. Built in the 18th century, opposite the Fort Dansborg, by the Danish East India Company in what was once a pepper trading post of Tranquebar, now known as Tharangambadi, in Tamil Nadu, India. Tranquebar is a Danish term and came from the native Tamil word Tarangambadi, meaning 'place of the singing waves'. The bungalow was acquired by Neemrana Hotels"
"(one-and-a-half stories). The term originated in the Indian subcontinent, deriving from the Hindi word ""बंगला"" (""baṅgala""), meaning ""Bengali"" and used elliptically for a ""house in the Bengal style"". This Asian architectural form and design originated in the countryside of Bengal region in the Indian subcontinent. Such houses were traditionally small, of one story and detached, and had a wide veranda. The term was first found in English from 1696, where it was used to describe ""bungales or hovells"" in India for English sailors of the East India Company. Later it became used for the spacious homes or official lodgings of"
"columns holding up a front veranda area. The name is almost self-explanatory: bungalow, a rugged type of home. This led to the belief that picket fences looked appropriate at the front fence, although originally they were not used. Darker colours were originally used but, as the years went by, new brighter paint served as a welcoming change to open up the spaces and brighten up the homes. Stone, brick and timber, earthy materials were used. A gable roof faced either the front or side always. 1930 onwards Originally specific to Queensland, the [Ashgrovian style developed from the hipped bungalow style"
"Bungalow court A bungalow court is a style of multi-family housing which features several small houses arranged around a central garden. The bungalow court was created in Pasadena, California in 1909 and was the predominant form of multi-family housing in Southern California from the 1910s through the 1930s. Homes in bungalow courts were generally small, low-rise houses in the spirit of bungalow design; however, the homes were designed in a variety of architectural styles, including Swiss chalet and Spanish Colonial Revival. Bungalow courts also integrated their courtyards with the homes, providing green space to homeowners. Bungalow courts were generally marketed"
"The Bungalow The Bungalow was an institution for part-Aboriginal children established in 1914 in Alice Springs in the Northern Territory of Australia. It existed at several locations in Alice Springs (then Stuart), Jay Creek and the Alice Springs Telegraph Station. From 1911 the Commonwealth Government gained control of the Northern Territory from South Australia. It then came under the jurisdiction of the Department of External Affairs. In July 1913, Senior Constable Robert Stott in Stuart (now Alice Springs) wrote to the Secretary of the Department of External Affairs Atlee Hunt describing the need for a government school in the town."
"Dak bungalow A dak bungalow, dak-house or dâk-bungalow was a government building in British India under Company Rule and the Raj. It may also refer to some similarly-built or -used structures in modern India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan. The dak bungalows carried on a tradition of ""caravanserais"", ""dharamshalas"", and other guesthouses erected by Indian rulers for both Hindu and Muslim pilgrims. The India Office possesses a diary with the entry for 25 November 1676 noting ""It was thought fitt... to sett up Bungales or Hovells... for all such English in the Company's Service as belong to their Sloopes & Vessells"". The"
"look like the cockpit of an early airplane. True bungalows do not include quarters for servants, and have a simple living room, entered directly from the front door, in place of parlors and sitting rooms, as well as a smaller kitchen. The focal point of the living room is the fireplace, and the living room often has a broad opening into a separate dining room. All common areas are on the first floor with cozy atmospheres. Though the ceilings are lower than in homes of Victorian architecture, they often feature redwood beams and are usually higher than in ranches and"
"is attempting to list the remaining eligible courts due to the design's role in Pasadena history. Bungalow court A bungalow court is a style of multi-family housing which features several small houses arranged around a central garden. The bungalow court was created in Pasadena, California in 1909 and was the predominant form of multi-family housing in Southern California from the 1910s through the 1930s. Homes in bungalow courts were generally small, low-rise houses in the spirit of bungalow design; however, the homes were designed in a variety of architectural styles, including Swiss chalet and Spanish Colonial Revival. Bungalow courts also"
"in the historical Province of Bengal. The term ""baṅgalo"", meaning ""Bengali"" and used elliptically for a ""house in the Bengal style"". Such houses were traditionally small, only one storey and detached, and had a wide veranda were adapted by the British, who used them as houses for colonial administrators in summer retreats in the Himalayas and in compounds outside Indian cities. The Bungalow style houses are still very popular in the rural Bengal. In the rural areas of Bangladesh, it is often called ""Bangla Ghar"" (Bengali Style House). The main construction material used in modern time is corrugated steel sheets."
"California bungalow California bungalow is a style of residential bungalow architecture that was popular across the United States, and to varying extents elsewhere, from around 1910 to 1939. Bungalows are 1 or 1½ story houses, with sloping roofs and eaves with unenclosed rafters, and typically feature a dormer window (or an attic vent designed to look like one) over the main portion of the house. Ideally, bungalows are horizontal in massing, and are integrated with the earth by use of local materials and transitional plantings. This helps create the signature look most people associate with the California Bungalow. Bungalows commonly"
"in British English for where the area enclosed within pitched roof contains rooms, even if this comprises a large part of the living area and is fully integrated into the fabric of the property. True bungalows do not use the attic. Because the attic is not used, the roof pitch can be quite shallow, constrained only by snow load considerations. The majority of Chicago bungalows were built between 1910 and 1940. They were typically constructed of brick (some including decorative accents), with one-and-a-half stories and a full basement. With more than 80,000 bungalows, the style represents nearly one-third of Chicago's"
"English architecture. The word ""Walauwa"" may not have a Sinhalese origin, it is unclear whether it was a Sinhalese word from the beginning,but this word may have been adapted from the Tamil word ""Walaw"". In Sinhalese, it gives a plural sound rather than the singular word ""Walaw"" which means ""Mansion"". The typical Sinhala term is 'Maha Gedhara'. The English word of ""Walauwa"" is, ""Manor"" or ""Manor-House"",and it's a large house with lands. The Walauwas and its owners were supported by the larger lands and estates they possessed. These were either land grants from Kings (since the beginning of the Sinhalese"
"Bangalow Bangalow is a small town in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia in Byron Shire. The town is north of Sydney and south of Brisbane, just off the Pacific Highway. The town's name appears to have been derived from an Aboriginal word, ""Bangalla"", said to mean 'a low hill' or 'a kind of palm tree'. Bangalow's historic streetscape, monthly market and proximity to the popular tourist resort of Byron Bay has increased its appeal as a tourist destination. Timber cutters established a camp on the banks of Byron Creek in the 1840s but it was not"
"Bungaroosh Bungaroosh (also spelt bungeroosh, bungarouche, bungarooge, bunglarooge, bunglarouge and other variations) is a composite building material used almost exclusively in the English seaside resort of Brighton and its attached neighbour Hove between the mid-18th and late 19th centuries, when it grew from a fishing village into a large town. Bungaroosh is often found in buildings of that era in the town and in its near neighbours Worthing and Lewes, but is little known elsewhere. In this respect, it is similar to mathematical tiles - another localised building material introduced in, and characteristic of, that era. It can incorporate any"
"one example, some three-bedroom bungalows in San Diego can sell for $650,000 to $700,000, or more. The strength of the local housing market must be considered, however, as many bungalows in Detroit, Michigan have been abandoned, and are being razed. California bungalow California bungalow is a style of residential bungalow architecture that was popular across the United States, and to varying extents elsewhere, from around 1910 to 1939. Bungalows are 1 or 1½ story houses, with sloping roofs and eaves with unenclosed rafters, and typically feature a dormer window (or an attic vent designed to look like one) over the"
"(Bungalow Hill) is a bungalow located in Nilambur. It was built by the Imperial Forest Service in 1929 under British colonial rule. The original purpose of the bungalow was to see the approach of the Tippu Sultan's army via Nadukani Churam. It is situated in Chandakunnu near the Chaliyar River. The bungalow is surrounded by 100-year-old mahogany trees planted during the colonial times for their use as timber which were to be shipped to Portugal by the Portuguese. This practice was threatened by the resistance of the people of the Malabar region against the brutality of the Portuguese, which was"
"Previously they had been constructed from wood, bamboo and a kind of straw called ""Khar"". Khar was used in the roof of the Bungalow house and kept the house cold during hot summer days. Another roofing material for Bungalow houses has been red clay tiles. In the British colonial age predominantly representative buildings of the Indo-European style developed, from a mixture of mainly Indian, European and Central Asian (Islamic) components. Amongst the more prominent works are Ahsan Manzil in Dhaka and Tajhat Palace in Rangpur City. In modern context, Bangladeshi architecture has become more diversified comprising reflections of contemporary architectural"
"century, single-storey bungalows declined as a type of new construction, and residents built more two-storey or dormer bungalows. There was a trend in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland of people moving into rural areas and buying their own plots of land. Often these plots were large; so, a one-storey bungalow was quite practical, particularly for retired people. In Singapore and Malaysia, the term ""bungalow"" is sometimes used to refer to a house that was built during the colonial era. The structures were constructed “from the early 19th century until the end of World War II.” They were"
"dak bungalows proper were first erected in the 1840s, serving as staging posts for the ""dak"", the imperial mail service. Rudyard Kipling's father J. Lockwood Kipling described them as ""about as handsome as a stack of hay"" and forming a kind of ""'irreducible minimum' of accommodation"". Each was about from the next along the major roads of the subcontinent. The buildings provided free accommodation for government officials and, upon their permission, ""incomparably cheap"" lodging for other travellers. The structures are therefore sometimes also known as posthouses, resthouses, or travellers' bungalows. Officials at the dak bungalows included the ""dakwala"" (postman), the"
"Whist Bungalow Pradeepa Hall (""formally"" Whist Bungalow) is a large bungalow (as mansions are referred to locally) in Colombo, Sri Lanka. A nineteenth century stately home modeled on Neoclassical style, located in Mutwal north of Colombo on the cost where the Kelani River used to meet the Indian Ocean. It is now used as a reception hall for weddings. Built by Henry Augustus Marshall, an Englishmen who accompanied Lord North who was the first British Governor of Ceylon. Marshall was an officer in the Ceylon Civil Service and went on to serve as Auditor General of Ceylon. He built Whist"
"Seven Bungalows Seven Bungalows (also known as Saat Bangla) is a neighbourhood in Versova, Andheri, Mumbai. The area is said to derive its name from seven bungalows owned by then country's who's who - the Maharaja of Gwalior, the Maharaja of Kutch, Dadabhai Naoroji, Sir Rustom Masani, Sorabjee Talati, the Khambatta's and the Chinai's. Of which now only the bungalow of Chinai's built in the 1930s by Claude Batley, a British architect, for Maneklal Chunilal Chinai, a wealthy textile merchant, remains in its originality. There are two parks in the locality. The first one is the Dadabhai Navroji Garden, also"
"American Bungalow American Bungalow is a quarterly special interest magazine whose stated purpose is “preserving and restoring the modest American 20th Century home, the bungalow, and the rich lifestyle it affords.” Since its introduction in 1990, the publication has been a major spur to the revitalization of interest in bungalow homes and their connection to the original and contemporary Arts and Crafts movement. The magazine and its advertisers are a popular resource for bungalow owners and architects. In 1987, John Brinkmann Design Offices, Inc. moved into Twycross House, a 1914 one-owner bungalow in Sierra Madre, California. The particular charm and"
"the first two storeyed verandahed house in the colony (Ultimo House) and had imported deer from India as hunt quarry. In 1814 he gave architect Francis Greenway his first private commission. The cottage is in the form of the Indian Bungalow, a verandahed form Harris saw in Bengal, India from his arrival in 1782, that was used to house English officers on service there. The cottage's form originated in Bengal, which was the first region the British moved from coastal forts to occupy the interior. Such Anglo-Indian dwellings were primarily used as residence or a place for both living and"
"1970s, to denote a cluster of small rental summer homes, usually in the Catskill Mountains in the area known as the Borscht Belt. First- and second-generation Jewish-American families were especially likely to rent such homes. The old bungalow colonies continue to exist in the Catskills, and are occupied today chiefly by Hasidic Jews. The California bungalow was a widely popular -story variation on the bungalow in the United States from 1910 to 1925. It was also widely popular in Australia within the period 1910–1940. A bungalow with loft has a second-storey loft. The loft may be extra space over the"