Indigenous Housing and Architecture

Hogans are traditional Navajo dwellings made of logs, mud, and stone.

Longhouses are traditional Iroquois dwellings that are long, narrow buildings made of wood and bark.

Wigwams are traditional Algonquian dwellings that are dome-shaped structures made of wood and bark.

Pueblos are traditional Pueblo dwellings that are multi-story buildings made of adobe or stone.

Igloos are traditional Inuit dwellings that are dome-shaped structures made of snow or ice.

Marae are traditional Maori dwellings that are open-air plazas used for religious and social gatherings.

Gunyahs are traditional Aboriginal Australian dwellings that are dome-shaped structures made of bark and leaves.

Longhouses are traditional Native American dwellings of the Pacific Northwest that are long, narrow buildings made of wood and bark.

Tipis are traditional Native American dwellings of the Great Plains that are cone-shaped structures made of buffalo hide or canvas.

Pueblos are traditional Native American dwellings of the Southwest that are multi-story buildings made of adobe or stone.

Longhouses are traditional Native American dwellings of the Eastern Woodlands that are long, narrow buildings made of wood and bark.

Longhouses are traditional Native American dwellings of the Northwest Coast that are long, narrow buildings made of wood and bark.

Igloos are traditional Native American dwellings of the Arctic that are dome-shaped structures made of snow or ice.

Tipis are traditional Native American dwellings of the Subarctic that are cone-shaped structures made of buffalo hide or canvas.

Wickiups are traditional Native American dwellings of the Great Basin that are dome-shaped structures made of brush or reeds.