why do we build rectangular houses and not round houses?

Question

I mean houses in Europe and America have 4 corners (or more) whereas in Africa Natives build round houses (also in Asia afaik).
Do they have any advantages or disadvantages? Or is one solution cheaper, …?

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Answer 1

Straight math is easier than round math. Especially if you are making stuff that uses the this is half the size of that method that predominates older (non metric) systems of measure.