ABSTRACT

The row house, also known as a town house in the United States or a terrace house in England, is a ubiquitous feature of Western urban landscapes. It is defined as one unit of a series of attached houses that shares at least one common wall with its neighbor. The traditional urban row house front is parallel to the street and shares sidewalls with its neighbors, giving it a narrow, rectangular footprint and only two facades. Generally, it is one or two rooms wide but varies in depth and height.