The housing process in informal settlements often do not operate according to formal laws and regulations and suffer from a lack of formal planning; thus, informal settlements often have irregular housing patterns and are not recognized or addressed by public authorities as an integral or equal part of the formal areas in the city [1, 2] (Fig. 2).
This leaves many to precariously locate irregular housing and work on their own.
Once the irregular housing fades away, Xochimilco stuns with its beauty.
In addition, immigrants are more likely than native-born New Yorkers to live in overcrowded or irregular housing conditions that are particularly difficult for census workers to reach.
Snipers took positions on the roofs of mosques, residents said, and a mix of soldiers and armed irregular forces went house to house to search for protesters.
Domestic dwellings in Brazilian cities, as typified by those in Belo Horizonte, are quite different to dwellings in western countries many city-dwelling Brazilians live in apartments in high rise buildings, most houses and apartment blocks are surrounded by high perimeter fencing, and a reasonable proportion of dwellings are irregular self-constructed houses.
This was a small Ionic temple of highly irregular plan, which housed various early cults and sacred tokens.
Two atrium spaces, both of irregular contour, are housed within the base, which also contains a business-class section that can be used for small conventions and private events.
He praised the beauty of Prague's "narrow and irregular streets, lofty houses of an excellent and extremely varied style of architecture, many highly ornamented" and noted its "ancient monasteries, convents, and churches".
Settlement characteristics such as the irregular layout of houses and the use of windbreaks and partitions reduced exposure to wind.
