Is there an impersonal word for "whose" in English?

For sentences like "I went to the house, whose design was based on those of the 1950s."

Gretchen S2012-09-30T17:52:57Z

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"Whose" can be used for inanimate objects as well as for people and creatures. It is perfectly fine to use "whose" for a house. But the comma is incorrect: I went to a house whose design was based....