A housing (10, 100, 200, 300), particularly for accommodating winding rollers for awnings and the like, which has a lower face that is open for the passage of an awning wound reversibly on a roller accommodated therein, the housing (10, 100, 200, 300) comprising - two complementary profiles (13, 14), a first one of which has a first wall adapted for fixing to a support, said profiles (13, 14) being provided with a mating assembly and with respective complementary mating parts (18a, 18b), which define for them two alternative mating configurations, in which said lower face is opposite or, respectively, adjacent to said first wall, so as to allow the installation of said housing (10, 100. 200, 300) respectively on a ceiling or wall, said first profile being composed of two substantially perpendicular adjacent walls (15, 19), - a second profile, which is substantially complementary to said first profile so as to mate with it during use, so that a receptacle for said roller is formed between them, the housing (10, 100, 200, 300) being characterized in that it further comprises - at least one bracket for association with said support for said housing (10, 100, 200, 300), provided with elements (22a, 22b) for connection to complementary connection parts (23, 24) provided on said first wall of said walls (15, 19), means for the reversible locking of said first profile to said at least one bracket being provided which can be actuated from one side (21 a) of said at least one bracket, - at a flap of said second profile, said mating assembly being also provided for mating with complementary mating parts (18a, 18b) provided on said first profile, said profiles (13, 14) being able to mate mutually in a stable and reversible manner according to two said alternative configurations, where - in a first configuration said mating assembly is mated with a first one of said complementary mating parts (18a, 18b) provided at a first lateral edge of said first profile, the end of said flap protruding with respect to said first edge so as to mask said side (21 a) of said at least one bracket, - in a second configuration said mating assembly is mated with a second one of said complementary mating parts (18a, 18b) provided at the second lateral edge of said first profile, said first profile, in said second configuration, being reversed with respect to its arrangement in said first configuration. - two complementary profiles (13, 14), a first one of which has a first wall adapted for fixing to a support, said profiles (13, 14) being provided with a mating assembly and with respective complementary mating parts (18a, 18b), which define for them two alternative mating configurations, in which said lower face is opposite or, respectively, adjacent to said first wall, so as to allow the installation of said housing (10, 100. 200, 300) respectively on a ceiling or wall, said first profile being composed of two substantially perpendicular adjacent walls (15, 19), - a second profile, which is substantially complementary to said first profile so as to mate with it during use, so that a receptacle for said roller is formed between them, the housing (10, 100, 200, 300) being characterized in that it further comprises - at least one bracket for association with said support for said housing (10, 100, 200, 300), provided with elements (22a, 22b) for connection to complementary connection parts (23, 24) provided on said first wall of said walls (15, 19), means for the reversible locking of said first profile to said at least one bracket being provided which can be actuated from one side (21 a) of said at least one bracket, - at a flap of said second profile, said mating assembly being also provided for mating with complementary mating parts (18a, 18b) provided on said first profile, said profiles (13, 14) being able to mate mutually in a stable and reversible manner according to two said alternative configurations, where - in a first configuration said mating assembly is mated with a first one of said complementary mating parts (18a, 18b) provided at a first lateral edge of said first profile, the end of said flap protruding with respect to said first edge so as to mask said side (21 a) of said at least one bracket, - in a second configuration said mating assembly is mated with a second one of said complementary mating parts (18a, 18b) provided at the second lateral edge of said first profile, said first profile, in said second configuration, being reversed with respect to its arrangement in said first configuration.