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Definitions of Different Styles of Apartments

Efficiency Apartment
Definition: A small apartment with a bathroom and kitchenette that often comes furnished.

High-Rise
Definition: An apartment with multiple stories and an elevator.
Examples: I live on the fifteenth floor of a high-rise.

Railroad Apartment
Definition: An apartment where the rooms connect to one another in a line and the entrances are at opposite ends of each room, like cars on a train.
Also Known As: railroad flat.
Examples: My room is at the end of our railroad apartment, so I must walk through our kitchen and my roommates room to get to it.

Studio
Definition: A studio apartment is an apartment, usually for one person that consists of one large room, a small kitchen, and a bathroom. The single large room is meant to accommodate all living spaces: the bedroom, the dining room, and the living room.
Also Known As: one-room apartment.

Walk-Up
Definition: A walk-up is an apartment building with no elevator or an apartment unit in a building with no elevator.

Source: About.com