Traditional Thai house

Thai houses usually feature a bamboo or wooden structure, raised on stilts and topped with a steep gabled roof.

Instead pre-cut holes and grooves are used to fit the timber elements into one another, effectively making it a 'prefabricated house'.

[4] The high gable roof which in its center has a shape like the halo of the sun is the most outstanding structure, where there is a space for cooking smoke to flow out.

In addition, a more important structure is the high open space under the house which is supported by many poles.

This space is the area for storage of tools or agricultural equipment, parking, eating meals and other activities.

The first type is a temporary house for farmers, which is built on a platform that was reconstructed from the old wood in harvest season.

[8] The structures are composed of a roof woven from grasses, floors and walls made with bamboo tied with rope (PHOOK).

KALEA house, an ancient style of LAN-NA people which is decorated by a cross of wood in a V or X shape at the top front.

It is decorated by using stained wood, an influence from western countries that traded with Thailand at that time, such as France or England.

The walls are made from layers of wood boards, the windows are narrow, using mortise and tension joint instead of the nails, and it has a lower gable roof than other regions.