kotery
[koʊtəraɪ]
A type of vernacular architecture that consists of adding temporary structures to the back of a house. Made with low quality materials such as plywood or fibreboard, it arose from a basic lack of space: with the advent of modern plumbing, homeowners needed extra rooms, but could only add them backwards into the garden, as they were otherwise boxed in by their neighbours (a result of linear settlement). Looking to the past, one can only conclude that the now often rotting, leaking shacks at the back of houses did not do future generations any favors.
fauxçaderie
[foʊʃɔdəri]
A type of professional architecture that consists of padding the facade of a building with styrofoam, only to then hide this with a shallow layer of fake brick tiles. It arose from a basic lack of space: with the demands for insulation becoming increasingly stringent and single-minded, homeowners looked for cheap solutions at the front of their houses that left their already limited indoor surface area intact. Looking to the future, one can only wonder what the next generations will make of the possibly decaying, crumbling materials in modern-day facades.