Tall traditional style houses reflected in the water of a canal, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Holland), Europe

Arbaejarsafn Open Air Museum of traditional housing throughout Iceland, Ellidaar Valley, Reykjavik, Iceland, Polar Regions

Traditional housing facades, Lavenham, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Paul Revere House, Boston, Massachusetts, New England, USA, North America

Traditional medieval architecture of canalside buildings along the Navigation Channel in the old part of Strasbourg, Alsace, France

Traditional house, Achill Island, Bay of Clew, Wesport region, County Mayo, Connacht, Eire (Ireland), Europe

Arbaejarsafn Open Air Museum of traditional housing throughout Iceland, Ellidaar Valley, Reykjavik, Iceland, Polar Regions

Traditional wooden houses, Akureyri, Iceland's second city, Iceland, Polar Regions

Traditional houses, Ilam, Derbyshire, Peak District National Park, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Old town, Freudenberg, Siegerland, North Rhine Westphalia (Nordrhein Westfalen), Germany, Europe

Tourists, typical architecture, wrought iron balcony and flag corner St Philip and Royal Street, French Quarter, New Orleans, USA

Cat at window of clapboard creole cottage home in Faubourg Marigny historic district of New Orleans, USA

Neo-classical clapboard grand house with double gallery and columns in the Garden District, New Orleans, USA

Bright architecture wrought iron balcony and flag on corner St Philip and Royal Street in French Quarter, New Orleans, USA

Traditional clapboard creole cottage home in Faubourg Marigny historic district of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Traditional bright color clapboard cottage house in the Garden District of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Traditional bright colour clapboard creole cottage home in Faubourg Marigny historic district of New Orleans, USA

Traditional grand mansion house with columns in the Garden District of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Traditional grand mansion house with ornate wrought iron in the Garden District of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Neo-classical clapboard grand house with double gallery and columns in the Garden District, New Orleans, USA

Traditional clapboard creole cottage home and stars and stripes flag in Faubourg Marigny historic district of New Orleans, USA

Traditional bright clapboard creole cottage home with front stoop in Faubourg Marigny historic district of New Orleans, USA

Traditional double gallery grand mansion house with columns and porch in the Garden District of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

A villager woman in a remote subsistence farming village on an island in the Sunderbans, the Ganges Delta in Eastern India that is very vulnerable to sea level rise. She is cooking on a traditional clay oven, fuelled by biofuel (rice stalks), low carbon cooking.

A woman subsistence farmer cooking on a traditional clay oven, using rice stalks as biofuel in the Sunderbans, Ganges, Delta, India. the area is very low lying and vulnerable to sea level rise. All parts of the rice crop are used, and the villagers life is very self sufficient, with a tiny carbon footprint.

Traditional house, Toraja area, island of Sulawesi, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Cafes in the main town square, Bruges, Belgium

Typical Straw Roof, Normandy, France

Wormeye view of upper stories of traditional housing and sky, Grenada, Windward Islands, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Caribbean, West Indies, Barbados, Wooden Traditional Style House At Sea Side On East Coast

Ancient cave house dug into Loess deposits in Shanxi province, northern China, Asia

Dog dragon statue, Clan House Chew Kongsi. George Town, Thailand, Asia

Ancient cave houses dug into Loess deposits in Shanxi province, northern China, Asia

02/04/2009. Senegal, Dakar, Island of Goree, the beach, Unesco World Heritage, The island of Goree was a traditional slaving and trading port, by the colonial powers of Europe, It is a small town of historic houses, with a fort and a protected harbour for trading, Town, local streets, reidential buildings. Dakar, Goree Islnad , Cape Verde Peninsula. Senegal

02/04/2009. Senegal, Dakar, Island of Goree, the beach, Unesco World Heritage, The island of Goree was a traditional slaving and trading port, by the colonial powers of Europe, It is a small town of historic houses, with a fort and a protected harbour for trading, Town, local streets, reidential buildings. Dakar, Goree Islnad , Cape Verde Peninsula. Senegal

Dog dragon statue, Clan House Chew Kongsi. George Town, Thailand, Asia

Traditional rice barns (leuit) of Kasepuhan community of West Java, Indonesia

02/04/2009. Senegal, Dakar, Island of Goree, the beach, Unesco World Heritage, The island of Goree was a traditional slaving and trading port, by the colonial powers of Europe, It is a small town of historic houses, with a fort and a protected harbour for trading, Town, local streets, reidential buildings. Dakar, Goree Islnad , Cape Verde Peninsula. Senegal

Caucasian mother holding baby daughter on front porch

Close up of 4th of July banner decoration

Caucasian mother and baby daughter celebrating 4th of July

Dog sitting on front porch

Portrait of Caucasian brothers posing near house

Caucasian brother and sister sitting on brick wall with toys

Caucasian man cooking meat on barbecue in yard

Hispanic girl holding homemade pie

The wooden frames of huts under construction, Danakil Depression, Ethiopia

Panoramic view of trulli houses, Alberobello, province of Bari, in the Puglia region, Italy

Lakeside houses built on stilts, Inle Lake, Shan State, Myanmar, (Burma)

Model of Indians in reproduction Taino Indian village, Chorro de Maita, Banes, near Guardalavaca, Holguin Province, Cuba

Houses in reproduction Taino Indian village, Chorro de Maita, Banes, near Guardalavaca, Holguin Province, Cuba

Lakeside houses built on stilts, Inle Lake, Shan State, Myanmar, (Burma)

Conical dry stone roof of trulli house, with painted sun symbol, Alberobello, Bari province, Puglia region, Italy

Hongkou quarter Shanghai, Strasse, street, traditionelle Bebauung, Hochhaeuser, highrise, Wohnungsbau, Strassenkehrer, Reklame, Werbung, Werbetafeln, bicycle, Strasse, street, blue neon light, Shops, aus: "Mythos Shanghai", Shanghai, Sachbuch, Bildband, Fotos Karl Johaentges, Text Erich Follath, Verlag, Collection Rolf Heyne, 2005

architects book shop, loft in converted factory, Souzhou Creek

Typical local architecture - Detail of the residential building called Haus am Park in Kuehlungsborn, Western Pomerania, Germany

A typical Sardinian shepherd's hut

Old wooden Busines and Flat Block Downtown in the back modern Skyscraper, Omsk at the Rivers of Irtisch and Omka, Omsk, Sibiria, Russia, GUS, Europe,

Old wooden Busines and Flat Block Downtown in the back modern Skyscraper, Omsk at the Rivers of Irtisch and Omka, Omsk, Sibiria, Russia, GUS, Europe,

Historic Inuit house from the Thule Culture made out of whale bones, Resolute Bay, Cornwallis Island, Northwest Passage, Nunavut, Canada, Arctic

Yurts, tents of Nomads at Song Koel, Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia

Centered red gate ro-mon front entry to Todai-ji, Todaiji, temple and walkway housing the Daibutsuden on a bright sunny blue sky morning in Nara, Japan. Horizontal copy space

Angled front red gate ro-mon entrance to historic Todai-ji, Todaiji, temple housing the Daibutsuden on a beautiful blue sky morning in Nara, Japan. Horizontal copy space

Typical local architecture - Hotel Schloss am Meer in Kuehlungsborn, Western Pomerania, Germany

Traditional Dutch housing with garden beside the canal, Giethoorn, Flevoland, Netherlands, Europe

Traditional Dutch housing with garden beside the canal, tourists on a red boat visiting the village, Giethoorn, Flevoland, Netherlands, Europe

Shepherd's cabin, Lychnostatis Open Air Museum, Museum of the traditional Cretan life, Hersonissos, Crete, Greece, Europe

Bedouin tent of the Afar tribe, Djibouti, East Africa, Africa

Traditional Dutch housing with garden beside the canal, tourists on a red boat visiting the village, Giethoorn, Flevoland, Netherlands, Europe

Rogner thermae, Bad Blumau, Styria, Austria

Buildings housing wine presses in Diepolz, Weinviertel (wine region), Lower Austria, Austria, Europe

Traditional Dutch housing with garden beside the canal, Giethoorn, Flevoland, Netherlands, Europe

Historic buildings overlooking the Thur River, Lichtensteig, St. Gall, Switzerland

Department store built in traditional style in Central Fangbang street, Shanghai, China

Yurts, tents of Nomads at Song Koel, Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia

New buildings built in traditional style, Mittenwald, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

A young man plays scottish bagpipes in Eilean Donan Castle, Dornie, Scotland, United Kingdom, August 2007

A villager woman in a remote subsistence farming village on an island in the Sundarbans, the Ganges Delta in Eastern India that is very vulnerable to sea level rise. She is cooking on a traditional clay oven, fueled by biofuel (rice stalks), low carbon cooking.

A woman subsistence farmer cooking on a traditional clay oven, using rice stalks as biofuel in the Sundarbans, Ganges, Delta, India. the area is very low lying and vulnerable to sea level rise. All parts of the rice crop are used, and the villagers life is very self sufficient, with a tiny carbon footprint.

Colourful Row Housing Near Portobello Road, London, England

Blue doors wide open to the ocean air and sunlight, with the surf washing onto a patio with chairs, Mykonos, Greece

Favelas, Rocinha, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Mongolia, Ger Ranch, Traditional Nomadic homes on flat grassy countryside.

French Polynesia, Tahiti, Coastal scenic of Hotel Bora Bora bungalows

PERU Juliaca Passing through the town during Puno to Cusco Perurail train journey. Cuzco Travel Tourism Holiday Vacation Explore Recreation Leisure Sightseeing Tourist Attraction Tour Destination Juliaca Cuzco Peru Peruvian South Southern America Latin Busy Culture Cultural Traditional Tradition People Visitors Locals Railway Railways Track Lines Line Rails Several Many Numerous Journey Market Marketplace Stalls Customers Stallholders Ramshackle Untidy Messy Ethnic Native Indigenous Unusual Different Danger Dangerous Beside Health Safety Vivid Vibrant Homes Residence Houses Abode Dwellings Housing Apartments Accommodation Slums Telegraph Wires Community Town Township Neighbourhood Residents Inhabitants Buildings Dilapidated Shopping Shoppers Poor Poverty Needy Deprived Deprivation Impoverished Hardship Calendar American South America

Laos, Mekong, Bamboo Hut in Village next to the Mekong River.

BRAZIL Rio de Janeiro Saude downmarket neighbourhood traditional clay tile roofs and washing hung out of windows palm trees and favela or slum on the hillside

BRAZIL Rio de Janeiro Rooftops of Saude neighbourhood with a hillside favela or slum and the statue of Christ the Redeemer atop Corcovada mountain traditional tile roofs and palm trees

Snowy house with Christmas lights

Vineyard and the medieval village of Volpaia in Tuscany, near Florence in Chianti Italy

The famous Victorian Painted Ladies of Steiner Street, Alamo Square, with city skyline at dusk, San Francisco, California, USA

Beach hut architecture on a sugar cane plantation, Nevis

Detail from Majorelle's house and garden, Marrakesh

The Transamerica Pyramid (designed by the architect William Pereira and built in 1972) and Victorian style hotel, San Francisco, California, USA

Detail of domestic homes, Les Saintes

Wigwams, USA

Monster's House window detail, Rome

Half-timbered traditional building facade, Normandy

Close up of gingerbread house