The Atayal, Saisiat, Bunun and Tsou traditionally lived in long oblong homes; the Paiwan and Rukai build houses with walls of piled slate and slate roofs; and the Yami's semi-underground thatched houses are ideally suited to avoiding the year-long hot and humid climate of Lanyu.
泰雅、賽夏、布農與鄒族是長方形屋；排灣、魯凱住屋以石板堆牆，石片做瓦；阿美與卑南則是草木建成的長屋；雅美族地處長年濕熱的蘭嶼島，半穴居草房最具避熱功能。