Download or read book Building Houses written by Moira Anderson and published by Teacher Created Materials. This book was released on 2008-10-10 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Houses and other buildings are often built on plots of land. Some houses are made of bricks, which are three-dimensional shapes. The study of shapes is called geometry, and architects must know a lot about different kinds of shapes and how they fit together. There are many steps that go into making a house. First they lay the foundation, and then they build the floors, the walls, and the roof.