diff --git a/lib/template/address-html.php b/lib/template/address-html.php
index 5be714d3..165b2a9d 100644
--- a/lib/template/address-html.php
+++ b/lib/template/address-html.php
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 <body id="reverse-page">
 
     <?php include(CONST_BasePath.'/lib/template/includes/html-top-navigation.php'); ?>
-
+    <div class="top-bar">
     <form class="form-inline" role="search" accept-charset="UTF-8" action="<?php echo CONST_Website_BaseURL; ?>reverse.php">
         <div class="form-group">
             <input name="format" type="hidden" value="html">
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
             <a href="<?php echo CONST_Website_BaseURL; ?>search.php">forward search</a>
         </div>
     </form>
-
+</div>
 
     <div id="content">
 
diff --git a/lib/template/search-html.php b/lib/template/search-html.php
index 2b8c1495..430bba39 100644
--- a/lib/template/search-html.php
+++ b/lib/template/search-html.php
@@ -10,10 +10,60 @@
 
     <?php include(CONST_BasePath.'/lib/template/includes/html-top-navigation.php'); ?>
 
-    <form class="form-inline" role="search" accept-charset="UTF-8" action="<?php echo CONST_Website_BaseURL; ?>search.php">
-        <div class="form-group">
-            <input id="q" name="q" type="text" class="form-control input-sm" placeholder="Search" value="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($sQuery); ?>" >
+        <div class="top-bar" id="structured-query-selector">
+            <div class="search-type-link">
+                <a id="switch-to-reverse" href="<?php echo CONST_Website_BaseURL; ?>reverse.php?format=html">reverse search</a>
+            </div>
+        <?php
+        if (empty($aMoreParams['q']) and empty($aMoreParams['street']) and empty($aMoreParams['city']) and empty($aMoreParams['county']) and empty($aMoreParams['state']) and empty($aMoreParams['country']) and empty($aMoreParams['postalcode'])) {
+            echo '<div class="radio-inline"><input type="radio" name="query-selector" id="simple" value="simple" checked="checked">';
+            echo '<label for="simple">simple</label></div>';
+            echo '<div class="radio-inline"><input type="radio" name="query-selector" id="structured" value="structured">';
+            echo '<label for="structured">structured</label></div>';
+        }
+        elseif (!empty($aMoreParams['q'])) {
+            echo '<div class="radio-inline"><input type="radio" name="query-selector" id="simple" value="simple" checked="checked">';
+            echo '<label for="simple">simple</label></div>';
+            echo '<div class="radio-inline"><input type="radio" name="query-selector" id="structured" value="structured">';
+            echo '<label for="structured">structured</label></div>';
+        }
+        else {
+            echo '<div class="radio-inline"><input type="radio" name="query-selector" id="simple" value="simple">';
+            echo '<label for="simple">simple</label></div>';
+            echo '<div class="radio-inline"><input type="radio" name="query-selector" id="structured" value="structured" checked="checked">';
+            echo '<label for="structured">structured</label></div>';
+        }
+        ?>
+
+    <form role="search" accept-charset="UTF-8" action="<?php echo CONST_Website_BaseURL; ?>search.php">
+        <div class="form-group-simple"
+        <?php
+        if (empty($aMoreParams['q']) and empty($aMoreParams['street']) and empty($aMoreParams['city']) and empty($aMoreParams['county']) and empty($aMoreParams['state']) and empty($aMoreParams['country']) and empty($aMoreParams['postalcode'])) {
+            echo "style='display:block;'";
+        }
+        elseif (empty($aMoreParams['q'])) {
+            echo "style='display:none;'";
+        }
+        ?>>
+            <input id="q" name="q" type="text" class="form-control input-sm" placeholder="Search" value="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($aMoreParams['q']); ?>" >
         </div>
+        <div class="form-group-structured"
+        <?php
+        if (empty($aMoreParams['street']) and empty($aMoreParams['city']) and empty($aMoreParams['county']) and empty($aMoreParams['state']) and empty($aMoreParams['country']) and empty($aMoreParams['postalcode'])) {
+            echo "style='display:none;'";
+        }
+        else {
+            echo "style='display:block;'";
+        }
+        ?>>
+<div class="form-inline">
+            <input id="street" name="street" type="text" class="form-control input-sm" placeholder="House number/Street" value="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($aMoreParams['street']); ?>" >
+            <input id="city" name="city" type="text" class="form-control input-sm" placeholder="City" value="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($aMoreParams['city']); ?>" >
+            <input id="county" name="county" type="text" class="form-control input-sm" placeholder="County" value="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($aMoreParams['county']); ?>" >
+            <input id="state" name="state" type="text" class="form-control input-sm" placeholder="State" value="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($aMoreParams['state']); ?>" >
+            <input id="country" name="country" type="text" class="form-control input-sm" placeholder="Country" value="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($aMoreParams['country']); ?>" >
+            <input id="postalcode" name="postalcode" type="text" class="form-control input-sm" placeholder="Postal Code" value="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($aMoreParams['postalcode']); ?>" >
+        </div></div>
         <div class="form-group search-button-group">
             <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary btn-sm">Search</button>
             <?php if (CONST_Search_AreaPolygons) { ?>
@@ -25,11 +75,8 @@
                 <label for="use_viewbox">apply viewbox</label>
             </div>
         </div>
-        <div class="search-type-link">
-            <a id="switch-to-reverse" href="<?php echo CONST_Website_BaseURL; ?>reverse.php?format=html">reverse search</a>
-        </div>
     </form>
-
+</div>
 
     <div id="content">
 
@@ -89,10 +136,6 @@
 
 
 
-
-
-
-
     <script type="text/javascript">
     <?php
 
diff --git a/website/css/search.css b/website/css/search.css
index 9215a1d7..1f139fe4 100644
--- a/website/css/search.css
+++ b/website/css/search.css
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 
-
-form {
+.top-bar {
   width: 100%;
   padding: 1em 15px;
 }
-form #q {
-  min-width: 500px;
+
+.top-bar #q {
+  max-width: 500px;
 }
 @media (max-width: 850px) {
   form #q {
@@ -147,6 +147,17 @@ footer p {
     width: 100%;
   }
   .search-button-group {
-    display: inline
+    display: inline;
   }
 }
+
+.search-button-group {
+  margin-top: 3px;
+  box-sizing: content-box;
+  margin-bottom: 3px;
+}
+
+label {
+  font-weight: normal;
+}
+
diff --git a/website/js/nominatim-ui.js b/website/js/nominatim-ui.js
index d631e7aa..9c8dee55 100644
--- a/website/js/nominatim-ui.js
+++ b/website/js/nominatim-ui.js
@@ -20,11 +20,27 @@ function parse_and_normalize_geojson_string(raw_string){
 jQuery(document).ready(function(){
 
     if ( !$('#search-page,#reverse-page').length ){ return; }
-    
+
     var is_reverse_search = !!( $('#reverse-page').length );
 
     $('#q').focus();
 
+        $(document).ready(function() {
+                $("input[name='query-selector']").click(function(){
+                var query_val = $("input[name='query-selector']:checked").val() ;
+                if (query_val == "simple") {
+                    $("div.form-group-structured").hide();
+                    $("div.form-group-simple").show();
+                    $('.form-group-structured').find('input:text').val('');
+                }
+                else if (query_val == "structured") {
+                    $("div.form-group-simple").hide();
+                    $("div.form-group-structured").show();
+                    $('.form-group-simple').find('input:text').val('');
+                }
+        });
+    });
+
     map = new L.map('map', {
                 attributionControl: (nominatim_map_init.tile_attribution && nominatim_map_init.tile_attribution.length),
                 scrollWheelZoom:    true, // !L.Browser.touch,
@@ -185,7 +201,7 @@ jQuery(document).ready(function(){
             circle.on('click', function(){
                 highlight_result(position);
             });
-            layerGroup.addLayer(circle);            
+            layerGroup.addLayer(circle);
         }
         if (result.aBoundingBox){
 
