Architecture

A House, also known as a Shack, Cottage, Hut, Cabin and Shanty, is a place usually built by men, elves, dwarves and orcs, to use as a dwelling place for them. Some houses are hideouts to bandits and marauders, while others are not built for dwelling, but for other uses such as farming, a farmhouse is an example.

Daen Architecture

LondGalen — Fishermen's Houses in Lond Galen

Mirkalvill — Mountaineer's Village in the Ered Nimrais

The Daen-peoples originally built simple buildings, small Stone-Houses thatched with straws or reeds for the most part, later they developed, inspired by their contacts to the Númenóreans more complex buildings without ever leaving behind their original traditions. The Dunmen of southern Eriador and the Men of the white Mountains were the most conservative factions, the Dunmen kept building their traditional oval- or roundhouses and low circular towers, while both tribes also built more conventional wooden- and framework buildings with square or rectengular outlines.

Dorwinian Architecture

Dorwinian Architecture shared many elements with both, early Easterling and Daen works and typical Northman Longhouses, but dorwinian Buildings often were more flat and squat, having two-or three levels and often porch-roofs based on wooden pillars.An obvious influence from the East were their skillful gables and ridged roofs which were often adorned with complex carvings.

Krulla's Farm
Temple of Kuka Posladni
Valgavia Rogatha's Hut

Drûghu Architecture

Hidden Shrine

Dwarven Architecture

Bar-en-Ibun
Coldforge at Moria
Gnome's earth chalet
Khalarazûm
Thrasi's Lodge

Easterling Architecture

Arch of the last Sovereign
Broddas's Hall
Duranki High Temple
Eight Tiered Hall
House of T'revor Arain
Purple House
Temple of Araw
Temple of Lôkuthor
shrine of sinuphel

Elvish Architecture

Rivendellhouse — Elvish Dwelling in Rivendell

The Wild Elves, the Nandor and Avari built simple but beautiful wooden-houses, often entaggled in living plants or trees.The most notable of these structures were the Telain, buildings on wooden platforms high in great trees although only the Mellyrn of Lórien grew tall enough for Telain of greater dimensions.

The earliest,or most archiac, elven housetypes were slender cottages (indeed the early Edain had based teir own early wooden houstypes on inspiration drawn from elven cottages) called "Mar" (S."Bar"), the term would also be applied to larger complexes of attached buildings (Elrond's house in Rivendell for example), or "Os(t)" which would later become a common term for military structures such as keeps and Castles, which at their earliest stage had been more or less reinforced and fortified settlements. The more sedentary Sindar, and some Nandor under their influence, developed these rather primitive housetypes into beautiful, long and usually one-storied huts (compare the raft-elven huts of Celebannon they called "adab".

The High-Elves and Sindar built long houses, preferring light or white stone or stucco, with high rooms and high roofs based on pointed archs.However the by far renowned architects among the Eldar were the Noldor.

The Noldor were master architects and engineers as well as artists, and because of their superior skill were able to overcome many of the mundane structural obstacles of building. As a result, designs were daring: balconies, cantilevers and wide spans were frequently used. Supports were slender and graceful. leaving space available for many large windows — and the glassworkers of Ost-in-Edhil had no equal elsewhere. Multipaned, stained glazes were used everywhere in elegant designs and patterns. Beautiful crystal lamps were everywhere at night, lighting the streets, the gardens, and the buildings with at warm glow. The cities had an extensive plumbing and sewage systems; virtually every building had running water and complete sanitary facilities.

A special housetype of the High-Elves was the Korin, any type of greater walled house, village or town would be considered an "opelë" (Q."Walled Dwelling") by the Tareldar.

Individual Houses:

Car Sidh
Ceber Fanuin
Cerin Amroth
Cottage of Lost Play
Cottage of the Children
Estate of Carnil the Vintner
Gildor's Halls
Halls of Celeborn and Galadriel
house of Deneloth
House of Dior
House of Elms
House of the Hundred Chimneys
House of the Mole
House of the Wind
Korin of Meril-i-Turinqi
Last Homely House
Laurre's Manor
Long-spring House
Mirdaithrond in Eregion
Nahír's Arboretum
Rodrim's hall
Tawarobel
Telpemár
Tingled Vine Tavern
Villa of Randae Terisonen

Entish Architechture

Ents did not build houses, instead they used natural features, high trees, caves, hills, meadows and Wells and engaged trees and other plants to grow into protective structures they called Enthouses.

Derndingle
Leaflock's Mead
Quickbeam's House
Springview Estate
Treebeard´s Hill
Wellinghall

Eriadorian Architecture

Breelockhouse — Eriadorian Lockhouse at Bree

Hermitcottage — Hermit's Cottage in Eryn Vorn

Eriadorian Architecture was based on many influences, including Daen, Númenórean and Northron.The most typical Eriadorian building was the low, rectangular , reed- or slate-thatched cottage of half-timber framework and brown, reddish or white stonework and finery.

Axebridge Farm in the Shire
Bar-i-Dagorath
Bombadil's House
Brigid's Cottage
Chetwood-Inn
Commonwell
Deephallow House at Flynettle
Dongorath's Hold
Edileaf House
Fernwood Farm
Ferny House
Forsaken Inn
Fottred´s Farm
Fulcwian's House
Garbert´s cottage
Gatson's Farm
Gerse's Shrine at Gersebroc
Hannei's tree-house
Hearthwood Farm
Heathertoe Farm
Hodge's Farm
Hunting Lodge
King's Rest Inn
Last Inn
Mainstay Inn
Nightshade Sanctuary
Rond Morvin
Thistledew Farm
The Watermill
Peake's Farm
Prancing Pony
Reeve' s house at Bywater
Rond Morvin
Saeradan's Cabin
Tateshalla
Trollhead
Two Waters Inn
Water Serpent Inn
Witbert's House
Woodhall

Giant's Architecture

Svalfang's Hut

Haradrim Architecture

Shamanscott — Inner of a Tribal Conjurer's Cottage

Drunken Southron Inn
Green Robe College
Hospice of Lost Faith
House of the Black Hand
Iceseller's Estate
Joghul's Shrine
Ninefold School
Palace of Water
Red Sunset tavern
Shrine of Sunrises
Southtook Manor
Temple of the Blood-drinkers
Temples of the One-Person
Tower of Birds

Hobbitish Architecture

Bamfurlong
Blushing Ivy Tavern
Brandy Hall
Brownlock Farm
Bucklebury Tavern
Clarly Hall
Cotton Farm
Crickhollow
Floating Log Inn
Glen
Golden Perch Inn
Gorbuck Hall
Green Dragon Inn
Greenshin's Farm
hal´s farm
Hawkswell Farm
Hobwood Inn
Ivy Bush inn
Mathom House
milo´s farm
Nackers Tavern
Oatbarton Grange
Old Odo's Leaf Farm
Rendwalk Inn
Sandson Farm
Wildland Inn

Lossoth Architecture

The Lossoth were known to built houses in the snow, not quite out of snow or ice-blocks (although this was possible in some of the coldest areas of the Forodwaith) but settled huts out of frameworks , leather and pelts.