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The view of the Moscow Kremlin from the balcony of the House on the Embankment. Photo taken in 2019 by photographer Semyon Borisov.

The House of the Governor, Uxmal, Mexico. The building was constructed in the 10th century CE to commemorate the reign of Lord Chahk. It was used as a royal palace and administrative centre.

Samuel Relating to Eli the Judgements of God upon Eli's House, oil on canvas by John Singleton Copley, 1780. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticut.

The House of the Pigeons at Uxmal, Mexico. This Maya building is so named because the intricate facade with many apertures resembles a dovecote. It was constructed c. 900 CE.

An 1842 illustration showing the house in Kaliningrad, Russia (then Köningsberg, East Prussia) of the German philosopher Immanuel Kant (1724-1804).

The watercolour of a fisherman's house by the German Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528 CE). Painted c. 1497 CE. (British Museum, London)

The exterior of a traditional Japanese house. Sakano family's residence, Jousou-shi (city) Ibaraki-ken (Prefecture), Japan.

The ruins of the Great House, Kilwa on the Swahili Coast (modern Tanzania). Likely constructed during the reign of al Hasan ibn Suleiman (r. 1320-1333 CE).

The House of the Relief of Telephus is one of the largest houses in the excavated area of in Herculaneum covering about 1,800 sq. m. Its atrium is in the 'third style' with yellow panels and is fitted up with copies of marble discs called oscilla, suspended...

Model of an ancient Egyptian house with a front garden. From the tomb of Meketre in Thebes, Egypt c. 1981-1975 BCE. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.