: Re: What is the best description for this particular kind of building (and apartment arrangement - Central European style of building)? I'm looking for the word to describe of a particular type

Multi-story apartment block, single-loaded exterior balcony over colonnade.

Single loaded refers to all apartments being on one side of a corridor, hall or other accessway / circulation path.

Exterior balcony describes the circulation path.

Colonnade describes the row of columns supporting the balcony, which functions as an arcade at the ground floor.
@Morgan Meredith is correct that in addition, architects, designers, planners, developers, and builders would add a letter descriptor for the shape of the building's floorplan (how the building would look from directly overhead) such as "H" shaped, "L" shaped, "U" shaped and so on; if the building footprint is square with a large space in the centre that would be a "courtyard" building (in some places called a caravanserii) which are common in locales with significant diurnal heat buildup.

Hope this helps.

P.S. - I'm an architectural designer - been in the field for over a decade, working on multi-family housing, affordable housing, mixed-use projects, commercial, single-family residential communities, university student housing, university dining commons, and so on - so you could say this question's right in my wheelhouse!

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