Tube house

Tube houses (Vietnamese: nhà ống) are a vernacular architectural form of shophouse endemic to Vietnam, characterized by their narrow width and multistory structure. Common throughout the country, tube houses have proliferated as a result of limited building space and property taxation policies assessing only the first floor width of homes. In Hanoi, tube houses originated at the end of the 19th century.

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