Sentence examples for houses oriented from inspiring English sources

"They are single-use, low-density houses oriented toward the car.

This is the main artery running north to south; all the streets are on a grid system, with the houses oriented east to west to benefit from the cooling easterly winds off the sea in the summer.

Kensington is also more family-house oriented.

Songs such as "Venus as a Boy" are not house oriented, and make a more melodic use of vibraphone and strings.

Are you family oriented?

The house is oriented around a covered porch, a courtyard and a lawn, reached through arched double doors in the formal dining room and the library, which is the oldest room in the house.

Instead, the group insists that the house be oriented as it was on its original site on West 143rd Street, where it stood from 1802 to 1889, when it was moved to Convent Avenue.

Or it could be sunlight, as passive houses should be oriented to maximize exposure to the sun's rays.

"It is here that the new information-age economy positioned itself, and where maturing baby boom housing choices are oriented," the researchers wrote.

SHAPE A TERRACE -- Define the contours of an outdoor room -- from 200 to 300 square feet -- that will be protected by house walls and oriented to the sun, and to near and distant views.

There was also a controversy over the house as currently oriented: it has been rotated from the original position it had when Hamilton built it; its front door now faces northeast rather than southwest.