In Tibet the average people live in a simple bungalow with stone bounding wall. Girders are used as framework, and the section of the wood column is shaped round; the upper is thin and the lower part thick;
Houses in Jamaica were building during the Georgian period. It includes a front porch, a strict symmetry of facada, and occasional Palladian flourishes and verandas appeared on side and rear elevations.
A third of the world's population lives in mud-brick houses In warm regions with very little timber available to fuel a kiln, bricks were generally sun dried. This had the result that their useful lifespan is reduced to around thirty years
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Ghar il-Kbir (the Great Cave) in Malta is the best-known of these settlements. It consists of eight smaller caves, on two different levels, surrounding a large natural cavern. The roof of the cavern (technically called a ‘karst hollow’) has collapsed. The cave dwellers inhabit the smaller caves, having built stone walls inside (as well as at the entrance) to separate their living quarters.