A duplex house plan has two living units attached to each other, either next to each other as townhouses, condominiums or above each other like apartments. By contrast, a building comprising two attached units on two distinct properties is typically considered semi-detached or twin homes but is also called a duplex in parts of the Northeastern United States, Western Canada, and Saudi Arabia.
An over-and-under two storey apartment duplex in Southeastern Pennsylvania
A large, modern side-by-side duplex in downtown Sausalito, California
A side by side duplex also known as a semi-detached house.
A townhouse, townhome, town house, or town home, is a type of terraced housing. A modern townhouse is often one with a small footprint on multiple floors. In a different British usage, the term originally referred to any type of city residence of someone whose main or largest residence was a country house.
Townhouses in Tribeca, Manhattan
Townhouses in Zurenborg, Antwerp (Belgium), an area that features a high concentration of townhouses in Art Nouveau and other fin-de-siècle styles.
Townhouses in Malminkartano, Helsinki, Finland
Townhouses in Beacon Hill, Boston