An apartment, flat or unit, is a self-contained housing unit that occupies part of a building. The housing tenure of apartments also varies considerably, from large-scale public housing, to owner occu
Low-income housing in Sham Shui Po District, Hong Kong
High-rise buildings in the English Bay area of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Apartments in a colonial-era building in Yangon
A two-story flat at Granville
A pied-à-terre is a living unit, e.g., apartment or condominium, often located in a large city and not used as an individual's primary residence. The term implies use of the property as a temporary se
Apartment
…growth and the increase in population meant that more imaginative housing concepts would be needed if the middle and upper classes were to maintain a pied-à-terre in the capital. The traditional London town house was becoming increasingly expensive to maintain. For bachelors and unmarried women in particular, the…
Noordeinde 66, the pied-à-terre of Princess Beatrix in The Hague