Encyclopedia - House: Encyclopedia - House
A house in its most general sense is a human-built dwelling with enclosing walls, a floor, and a roof. It provides shelter against precip...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - House: Encyclopedia Ii - House - Types Of House
There are three basic house types: houses standing on their own (detached houses) houses attached to one other house (semi-detached hous...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - House: Encyclopedia Ii - House - Animal Houses
Humans often build houses for domestic or wild animals, often resembling smaller versions of human domiciles. Familiar animal houses buil...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - House Of York: Encyclopedia - House Of York
The House of York was a dynasty of English kings. The House was involved in the Wars of the Roses, an intermittent civil war which affect...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Boarding House: Encyclopedia - Boarding House
A boarding house is a house (often a family home) in which holiday-makers or lodgers rent one or more rooms for one or more nights, and s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Black House: Encyclopedia - Black House
For the novel by the same name, see Black House. The black house is a traditional type of house which used to be common in Highland Scotl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Call Of The House: Encyclopedia - Call Of The House
A call of the house is a motion which can be adopted by a deliberative assembly that has the authority to compel the attendance of its me...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Country House: Encyclopedia - Country House
In Britain and Ireland, the term country house generally refers to a large house which was built on an agricultural estate as the private...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bush House: Encyclopedia - Bush House
Bush House is a building between Aldwych and The Strand in London. It is primarily home to the BBC's World Service department, which occu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Boarding House: Encyclopedia - Boarding House
Boarding House is a short story by James Joyce. The story deals with three protagonists: Mr. Doran, Polly and her mother. It is about the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bell Housing: Encyclopedia - Bell Housing
The bell housing is part of the transmission system on a petrol or diesel powered vehicle. It is bolted to the engine block and contains ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Upper House: Encyclopedia - Upper House
An upper house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house. Upper house - Common character...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - House Astrology: Encyclopedia - House Astrology
Most western astrological systems divide the astrological chart (or natal chart) into a number (usually twelve) houses, which depend on t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Birla House: Encyclopedia - Birla House
Birla House, the palatial house of the Indian business tycoons, Birlas, located a couple of kilometres from the Connaught Place, one of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ambient House: Encyclopedia - Ambient House
Ambient house, a mix between house music and ambient music is a music style that describes itself as dreamy, chill out and quiet music. A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Virginia House Of Delegates: Encyclopedia - Virginia House Of Delegates
The Virginia House of Delegates is the lower house of the Virginia General Assembly. It has 100 members elected for terms of two years. T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apsley House: Encyclopedia - Apsley House
Apsley House, also known as Number 1, London, was the London residence of the First Duke of Wellington and stands alone at Hyde Park Corn...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Acid House: Encyclopedia - Acid House
Acid house is a variant of house music characterized by the use of simple tone generators with tempo-controlled resonant filters. It bega...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Houses In Demon: The Fallen: Encyclopedia - Houses In Demon: The Fallen
In the role-playing game Demon: The Fallen, houses are groups of fallen angels. Unlike factions in Demon: The Fallen, houses resemble the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cork Opera House: Encyclopedia - Cork Opera House
Cork Opera House is a theatre and opera house in Cork in the Republic of Ireland. It was originally built in 1855, although its existence...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carlyle's House: Encyclopedia - Carlyle's House
Carlyle's House, in the district of Chelsea, in central London, England, was the home of the historian and philosopher Thomas Carlyle and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - White House: Encyclopedia - White House
The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States of America. The White House is a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ascott House: Encyclopedia - Ascott House
Ascott House, sometimes referred to as simply Ascott, is situated in the hamlet of Ascott near Wing in Buckinghamshire. The house was ori...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hogwarts Houses: Encyclopedia Ii - Hogwarts Houses - House Dynamics
The four houses are rather separate entities. Each has its own common room and dormitory, its own table at the Great Hall, and students m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hogwarts Houses: Encyclopedia Ii - Hogwarts Houses - The Four Houses
Hogwarts Houses - Gryffindor. Gryffindor values courage and chivalry. Its emblematic animal is the lion and its colours are red and gol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hogwarts Houses: Encyclopedia Ii - Hogwarts Houses - The Four Houses
Hogwarts Houses - Gryffindor. Gryffindor values courage, chivalry and boldness. Its emblematic animal is the lion and its colours are r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hogwarts Houses: Encyclopedia Ii - Hogwarts Houses - The Four Houses
Hogwarts Houses - Gryffindor. Gryffindor values courage, loyalty, chivalry and boldness. Its emblematic animal is the lion and its colo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - U.s. House Committee On House Administration: Encyclopedia Ii - U.s. House Committee On House Administration - Members
Vern Ehlers, Chairman Bob Ney John Mica John Doolittle Tom Reynolds Candice Miller Juanita Millender-McDonald, Ranking Member Bob Brady ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - House-elf: Encyclopedia Ii - House-elf - House-elves In The Narrative
House-elf - Dobby. See: Dobby A house elf belonging to Lucius Malfoy who tried to help Harry Potter, and then was freed by Harry. Hous...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - House Of Leaves: Encyclopedia Ii - House Of Leaves - Other Houses
The house at One Ash Tree Lane can be compared to other famous houses, "haunted" and otherwise, around the United States. The Winchester ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - U.s. House Committee On House Administration: Encyclopedia Ii - U.s. House Committee On House Administration - Jurisdiction
The Committee on House Administration is a standing committee of the United States House of Representatives. The powers and duties of the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - House Sparrow: Encyclopedia Ii - House Sparrow - House Sparrows In The Usa
While declining somewhat in their adopted homeland, house sparrows are still possibly the most abundant bird in the USA, with a populatio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Country House: Encyclopedia Ii - Country House - Life In The Country House
Country house - Social structures. The country house was the centre of its own world, providing employment to literally hundreds of peo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Country House: Encyclopedia Ii - Country House - The Decline Of The Country House
The decline of the English country house began during the Agricultural Depression of the 1870s and was dramatically accelerated by World ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Country House: Encyclopedia Ii - Country House - Defining The Country House
Subject to qualifications which are discussed below, a country house will once have been the centrepiece of an agricultural estate large ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - House Sparrow: Encyclopedia Ii - House Sparrow - House Sparrows In Europe
In large parts of Europe, populations of House Sparrows are decreasing. In the Netherlands, the House Sparrow is even considered an endan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pforzheimer House: Encyclopedia Ii - Pforzheimer House - House Committee
Student life and house events are administered by the House Committee, or HoCo, whose voting members must be from the Junior Common Room,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Opera Houses: Encyclopedia Ii - Opera Houses - Africa
Opera houses - Egypt. Cairo Opera House, Cairo Khedivial Opera House (also known as the Royal Opera House, built 1868), Cairo (burned ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chatham House: Encyclopedia Ii - Chatham House - Chatham House Rule
Main articles: Chatham House Rule, and [[]], and [[]], and [[]]   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Opera Houses: Encyclopedia Ii - Opera Houses - Americas
Opera houses - Argentina. Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires Opera houses - Brazil. Teatro Amazonas, Manaus Opera houses - Canada. Sa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Opera Houses: Encyclopedia Ii - Opera Houses - Africa
Opera houses - Egypt. Cairo Opera House, Cairo Khedivial Opera House (also known as the Royal Opera House, built 1868), Cairo (burned ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Opera Houses: Encyclopedia Ii - Opera Houses - Europe
Opera houses - Austria. Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg Schönbrunn Schlosstheater, Vienna Theater an der Wien, Vienna. Historic theat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lower House: Encyclopedia Ii - Lower House - Titles Of Lower Houses
Lower house - Common names. House of Representatives National Assembly Chamber of Deputies House of Assembly Legislative Assembly Hous...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lower House: Encyclopedia Ii - Lower House - Titles Of Lower Houses
Lower house - Common names. Chamber of Deputies Chamber of Representatives House of Assembly House of Commons House of Representatives...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Opera Houses: Encyclopedia Ii - Opera Houses - Americas
Opera houses - Argentina. Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires Opera houses - Brazil. Teatro Amazonas, Manaus Opera houses - Canada. Sa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Glass Houses: Encyclopedia Ii - Glass Houses - Charts
Album - Billboard (North America) Singles - Billboard (North America) ... See also:Glass Houses, Glass Houses - Track listing, Glass Ho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Opera Houses: Encyclopedia Ii - Opera Houses - Europe
Opera houses - Austria. Theater an der Wien, Vienna. Historic theatre associated with Mozart's time. Volksoper Wien (Vienna People's O...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Upper House: Encyclopedia Ii - Upper House - Titles Of Upper Houses
Upper house - Common Terms. Senate - By far the most common House of Lords - Seen only in the United Kingdom, previously in Ireland Le...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Affordable Housing: Encyclopedia Ii - Affordable Housing - Housing Subsidies
The federal government in the U.S. provides subsidies to make housing more affordable. Financial assistance is provided for homeowners th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Waffle House: Encyclopedia Ii - Waffle House - Waffle House Operations
Due to the high traffic at a typical Waffle House, the chain has developed a number of techniques to ensure that customers' orders are fu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Public Housing: Encyclopedia Ii - Public Housing - Australia
In Australia, public housing is provided by departments of the various state and territory governments. These departments are usually kno...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Housing In Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - Housing In Japan - Traditional Housing
In premodern Japan, commoners typically lived either in free-standing houses or, predominantly in cities, in row-houses called nagaya (é•...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Subsidized Housing: Encyclopedia Ii - Subsidized Housing - Types
Subsidized housing - Co-operative housing. Co-operative housing is real property controlled by the members of the co-op, which is run b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Public Housing: Encyclopedia Ii - Public Housing - Singapore
In Singapore, public housing is managed by the Housing and Development Board. Most of the residential housing developments in Singapore a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Public Housing: Encyclopedia Ii - Public Housing - Singapore
In Singapore, public housing is managed by the Housing and Development Board. Most of the residential housing developments in Singapore a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - House Astrology: Encyclopedia Ii - House Astrology - Rulership
In Hellenistic, Vedic, Medieval and Renaissance astrology each house is ruled by the planet that rules the sign on its cusp. For example,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Public Housing: Encyclopedia Ii - Public Housing - Austria
Public housing - Vienna. In the early 1920s, in response to its dramatic housing crisis, Vienna was the site of the most advanced socia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Basing House: Encyclopedia Ii - Basing House - History
Basing House was built in 1535 as a new palace for William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester, treasurer to King Edward VI, Queen Mary I ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The House Of God: Encyclopedia Ii - The House Of God - Miscellaneous
In 1979, a film was made out of the book. In-jokes abound in the work. One of the principal characters is Eat My Dust Eddy, a doctor so-c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pforzheimer House: Encyclopedia Ii - Pforzheimer House - Administration
As with all houses at Harvard College, Pforzheimer House consists of two classes of members/residents, the Senior Common Room (SCR) and t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - House Of Leaves: Encyclopedia Ii - House Of Leaves - Characters
House of Leaves - Zampanò. Zampanò is a blind writer, in the line of numerous blind prophets and poets throughout history, going all ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Public Housing: Encyclopedia Ii - Public Housing - Germany
Between 1925 and 1930 Germany was the site of innovative and extensive municipal public housing projects, mostly in Berlin and Frankfurt ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hogwarts Houses: Encyclopedia Ii - Hogwarts Houses - The Sorting
In the school's early days, students were handpicked by the founders. When they began to worry how students could be picked after the fou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Basing House: Encyclopedia Ii - Basing House - Location
Basing House is located in the village of Old Basing, approximately one mile east of the centre of the town of Basingstoke, in the north ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dymaxion House: Encyclopedia Ii - Dymaxion House - The Real Dymaxion House
Only one Dymaxion house was ever constructed and lived-in. The prototype was purchased as salvage by an enthusiast after the venture fail...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wilton House: Encyclopedia Ii - Wilton House - Wilton House 2006
The house is often described as England's most beautiful country house, in a land of beautiful country houses that judgment has to be mad...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pavlov's House: Encyclopedia Ii - Pavlov's House - The Building
The house was a four-story building in the city centre of Stalingrad, built parallel to the embankment of the river Volga and overseeing ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Waffle House: Encyclopedia Ii - Waffle House - History
According to WaffleHouse.com, the Waffle House chain was founded by two neighbors, Joe Rogers, Sr., and Tom Forkner. Rogers had worked hi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Down House: Encyclopedia Ii - Down House - The History Of Down House
Down House was originally built as a farmhouse around 1650, and it was extended in 1778. Down House - The Darwins move in. Darwin, move...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The House Of The Seven Gables: Encyclopedia Ii - The House Of The Seven Gables - The House
The House is also known as the Turner House or Turner-Ingersoll Mansion. Its earliest section was built in 1668 for Capt. John Turner. It...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - House Of Stuart: Encyclopedia Ii - House Of Stuart - Heads Of The House Of Stewart
House of Stuart - Dapifers of Dol. Flaald I (died c.1080) Alan I (died ?) Alan II (died 1095) Flaald II (died c.1101-1102) Alan I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crowded House: Encyclopedia Ii - Crowded House - History
The group had important connections in the Australian and New Zealand rock scenes. Neil Finn and Paul Hester were former members of Split...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Xanadu House: Encyclopedia Ii - Xanadu House - History
Bob Masters, who conceived the Xanadu House concept, was an early pioneer in creating and living in houses built of rigid insulation. Bef...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leverett House: Encyclopedia Ii - Leverett House - Structure
The bulk of McKinlock Hall consists of 5 entry ways, each of which leads to 4 floors of suites for approximately 25 students. McKinlock a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leverett House: Encyclopedia Ii - Leverett House - History
Leverett House was named after John Leverett, who was President of Harvard from 1708 to 1724. Leverett's election was one of the signific...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Public House: Encyclopedia Ii - Public House - Irish Public Houses
Superficially there is little difference between an Irish pub and its English counterpart. However, closer scrutiny will reveal some diff...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - House Of Leaves: Encyclopedia Ii - House Of Leaves - Influences
It's possible that one of the most telling aspects of the story isn't explicitly mentioned in House of Leaves; namely, the ideas of Jorge...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Black House: Encyclopedia Ii - Black House - Plot
Twenty years ago (in The Talisman), a boy named Jack Sawyer travelled to a parallel universe called The Territories to save his mother an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - A Painted House: Encyclopedia Ii - A Painted House - Summary
The story begins to unfold as Luke Chandler and his grandpa, "Pappy," search for "hands" to help them with the cotton picking. They initi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kenwood House: Encyclopedia Ii - Kenwood House - Paintings
Paintings of note include 'The Guitar Player' by Johannes Vermeer a late Rembrandt self portrait Thomas Gainsborough, 'Portrait of Cou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Housing In Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - Housing In Japan - Utilities
Housing in Japan - Heating. Space heating, rather than central heating, is the norm in Japanese homes. Kerosene, gas, and electric unit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - House Of Fraser: Encyclopedia Ii - House Of Fraser - History
House of Fraser - The early years. The company was founded in 1849, when partners Hugh Fraser and James Arthur opened a small drapery s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - House Of Burgesses: Encyclopedia Ii - House Of Burgesses - Terminology
The terminology used in describing the assembly can be highly confusable: The phrase "General Assembly" describes both the whole house o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Housing In Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - Housing In Japan - Construction
Many single-family residences are constructed by nationwide manufacturers such as Matsushita (under the name National PanaHome), Misawa H...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Country House: Encyclopedia Ii - Country House - Who Built The Houses And Why
The architectural historian Mark Girouard argues in Life in the English Country House, that country houses were essentially "power houses...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Country House: Encyclopedia Ii - Country House - Who Built The Houses, And Why
The architectural historian Mark Girouard argues in Life in the English Country House, that country houses were essentially "power houses...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Country House: Encyclopedia Ii - Country House - The Architectural History Of The Country House
The headings in this section are merely intended to provide a rough indication of the main periods in the architectural history of the co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Father Of The House: Encyclopedia Ii - Father Of The House - Australia
Main article: List of longest-serving members of the Australian House of Representatives. In Australia, the longest-serving member of the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chatham House: Encyclopedia Ii - Chatham House - Role
Chatham House conducts original research into a variety of regional and global issues, and describes itself as follows. ... a melting po...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Osborne House: Encyclopedia Ii - Osborne House - History
The house was built between 1845 and 1851 for Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Prince Albert designed the house himself. The builder was...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Full House: Encyclopedia Ii - Full House - On Television
ABC Family at 12PM and 3PM (Mon-Fri) 12PM (Sat, Sun) Nick at Nite at 8:30PM (Mon-Thur), 9PM (Sun, Mon, Wed, Thu) 10PM and 5AM (Fri, Sat) ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Country House: Encyclopedia Ii - Country House - The Country House In Recent Years
At some point in recent decades—perhaps after the exhibition, The Destruction of the Country House, at the Victoria and Albert Museum i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Opera Houses: Encyclopedia Ii - Opera Houses - Asia And Oceania
Opera houses - Australia. State Theatre, The Arts Centre (aka Victorian Arts Centre), Melbourne Sydney Opera House, Sydney Opera hou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - House Of M: Encyclopedia Ii - House Of M - Speculation
Brian Bendis, prior to the event, mentioned in several interviews that the event will have a lasting effect on the Marvel Universe, but r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Country House: Encyclopedia Ii - Country House - The Country House In Recent Years
At some point in recent decades—perhaps after the exhibition, The Destruction of the Country House, at the Victoria and Albert Museum i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ascott House: Encyclopedia Ii - Ascott House - Architecture
At a casual first glance Ascott appears the epitome of a perfect ancient English manor house. However, as is often the case with perfect ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ascott House: Encyclopedia Ii - Ascott House - Interior
On the death of Mrs. Leopold de Rothschild in 1937 the house was inherited by her son Anthony de Rothschild. It was he and his wife, the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Frescati House: Encyclopedia Ii - Frescati House - The End
At this stage, it was clear that Frescati’s battle was being lost. Dun Laoghaire Corporation became aware of this and its reaction was ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - House: Encyclopedia Ii - House - Inside The House
Houses consist of many specific designated rooms. Basic design consists of a living/eating area, a sleeping area, and (if indoor faciliti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - House: Encyclopedia Ii - House - Usage In Language
As a verb, to house (pronounced "haÊŠz") is to provide a routine locale for an object, a person or an organization. Historic or artistic ...   » Read the article