Talk:Studio apartment

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a picture of one would be nice... 23:16, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

A cursory search turned up one or two references indicating a bachelor apartment is bigger than an efficiency or studio, with a full and separate kitchen. Apparently the terminology varies immensely by region. Frappyjohn (talk) 23:02, 30 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

In the UK, studio apartments generally DO have separate kitchen facilities, they just do not have a separate bedroom. They are basically 1 bedroom apartments minus a bedroom. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.225.149.5 (talk) 12:15, 17 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Why do you revert my perfect contribution? The edit option is there for a reason: authors are not perfect, even though 90% of Wikipedia authors think otherwise. See this--> http://liveaudubonparc.com/floor-plans/ to realize you were not well informed. There are hundreds of other examples. A small one bedroom apartment is often called a studio. Admit your mistake, and undo your hasty revert.

The term "Einzimmerwohnung" isn't really appropriate, even though it's verbatim translation means "one-room apartment/flat". In Germany, neither kitchens nor bathrooms are counted as rooms. It is quite the norm for a "Einzimmerwohnung" to consist of a hallway, a bathroom, a kitchen and a combined living- and bedroom. Not having a separate kitchen would be named "mit Kochnische", which translates as "kitchenette". The term "Wohnung" is seldomly used for these combinations, here the terms "Einzimmerapartment" or "Wohnstudio" are commonly used.

In contrast to the english or american way to define residential structures by counting bedrooms, rooms are counted quite differently; as already stated, kitchens, bathrooms, hallways, pantries, and suchlike are non-rooms. Only living rooms, dining rooms, bedrooms and suchlike count. Rooms have to be above a certain size (10 m², about 108 ft²), else they're counted only als half rooms ("halbe Zimmer").

Communal bathrooms or kitchens are only found in dorms or similar structures, but not in apartments/flats. Outside toilets are a thing of the past, they used to exist in low-rent pre-WW-I buildings (late 19th/early 20th century), but have been abolished quite thoroughly some decades ago. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.209.89.223 (talk) 22:28, 22 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Written 105.112.120.25 (talk) 03:17, 29 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The article does not provide any etymology. I have always understood the term 'studio' to refer to what originally was flats in repurposed industrial buildings, where there were no internal walls. When industry moved away, these houses were left empty, and were modified into studios for artists -- basically one enormous room, with lots of windows for daylight (as required by old manufacturing shops). Later, that term was reused for what is basically a small and (literally) single room apartment, with modern standards for ceiling height, not the 1.5 x or 2 x heights the original industry often needed. But that is based on US conditions -- it would be interesting to know if other countries debeloped the same term independently, or of it was 'they call this a studio in the US, let's do the same here!' The entry for Sweden, for example, gives the impression that 'studio' is used in Sweden ... but I can't remember ever having seen this type of room even being called anything but 'single room apartment'. Athulin (talk) 17:29, 29 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]