О каком типе дома идет речь????? (semi-detached,apartaments,a block of flats) Look at a house from the outside, and you can guess what type of people live in it. Well, perphaps this is not always true. Some people can live in u...

О каком типе дома идет речь????? (semi-detached,apartaments,a block of flats) Look at a house from the outside, and you can guess what type of people live in it. Well, perphaps this is not always true. Some people can live in unusual houses. Some people live on boats, in tree houses and in tents. For example, imagine you are in an old part of an industrial city in the UK. Cities like London, Manchester, Liverpool or Newcastle. There is a river, or a canal, which was important for transport in the past, before the railways were built. There are a lot of enormous buildings near the water. They were built in the 19 th century. They must be industrial places to store things for import or export. But … look more closely! There are expensive cars parked outside some of these buildings. And on the corner of the street there is a French restaurant, with a wine bar opposite. And just round the corner there is a shop with a beautiful furniture. And there are more shops … Who buys these things? Answer: the people who now live in these old buildings. Old warehouses like these offer two things that are difficult to find in modern houses: space, and a view. Over the past ten years, more and more architects have converted buildings like this into apartments, which have big rooms, high ceilings … and often a terrace which looks onto the water. So, the old parts of many of Britain’s industrial cities now have a new life. They are not dead any more, with empty warehouses and disused factories. You can buy factory space and make youself a home in it. And the people who live in them can walk or cycle to work. Or … with so much space. They work from home with a computer and a modem! Building don’t tell us about lifestyles immediately.