A terrace, terraced house (UK), or townhouse (US)[a] is a type of medium-density housing which first started in 16th century Europe with a row of joined houses sharing side walls. In the United States and Canada these are sometimes known as row houses or row homes.
Terrace housing can be found worldwide, though it is quite common in Europe and Latin America, and many examples can be found in the United Kingdom, Belgium, United States, Canada, and Australia. The Place des Vosges in Paris (1605–1612) is one of the early examples of the type.
Although in early larger forms it was and still is used for housing the wealthy, as cities and the demands for ever smaller close housing grew, it regularly became associated with the working class. Terraced housing has increasingly become associated with gentrification in certain inner-city areas,[1] drawing the attention of city planning.
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- ^ William, Logan (1985). The Gentrification of inner Melbourne - a political geography of inner city housing. University of Queensland Press. p. 36. ISBN 978-0-7022-1729-6.