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 +"I am not Simone Choule!"--Trelkovsky in ''[[The Tenant]]'' (1976)
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 +[[Image:Pruitt-Igoe-overview.jpg|thumb|200px|"[[Machines for living]]:" for various critics, including [[Tom Wolfe]], the '''[[Pruitt-Igoe]]''' housing project illustrated both the essential unlivability of [[Bauhaus]]-inspired [[international style (architecture)|box architecture]], and the ''[[hubris]]'' of [[central planning]].]]
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 +An '''apartment''' is a self-contained [[housing unit]] (a type of residential [[real estate]]) that occupies only part of a building, generally on a single story. There are many names for these overall buildings, see below. The [[housing tenure]] of apartments also varies considerably, from large-scale [[public housing]], to [[owner occupancy]] within what is legally a [[condominium]] ([[strata title]] or [[commonhold]]), to tenants renting from a private landlord (see [[leasehold estate]]).
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 +==See also==
 +*[[Kamienica (architecture)|Kamienica]] in Poland
 +*[[Condominium]]
 +*[[List of house types]]
 +*[[Polykatoikia]] in Greece
 +*[[The Interlace ]]
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"I am not Simone Choule!"--Trelkovsky in The Tenant (1976)

"Machines for living:" for various critics, including Tom Wolfe, the Pruitt-Igoe housing project illustrated both the essential unlivability of Bauhaus-inspired box architecture, and the hubris of central planning.
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An apartment is a self-contained housing unit (a type of residential real estate) that occupies only part of a building, generally on a single story. There are many names for these overall buildings, see below. The housing tenure of apartments also varies considerably, from large-scale public housing, to owner occupancy within what is legally a condominium (strata title or commonhold), to tenants renting from a private landlord (see leasehold estate).

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