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Title Vernacular architecture in the 21st century / edited by Lindsay Asquith and Marcel Vellinga.

Imprint New York : Routledge, 2005

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Location Call No. Status
 Female Library  NA208 V48 2005    Available
 Female Library  NA208 V48 2005 c.2  Available
 Male Library  NA208 V48 2005    Available
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Part one. The vernacular as process. Building tradition: control and authority in vernacular architecture / Simon J. Bronner -- Endorsing indigenous knowledge: the role of masons and apprenticeship in sustaining vernacular architecture - the case of Djenne / Trevor H.J. Marchand -- Forms and meanings of mobility: the dwellings and settlements of sedentarised Irish travellers / Anna Hoare -- Engaging the future: vernacular architecture studies in the twenty-first century / Marcel Vellinga -- Part two. Learning from the vernacular. Traditionalism and vernacular architecture in the twenty-first century -- Suha Özkan -- Learning from the vernacular: basic principles for sustaining human habitats / Roderick J. Lawrence -- Lessons from the vernacular: integrated approaches and new methods for housing research / Lindsay Asquith -- Sheltering from extreme hazards / Ian Davis -- A journey through space: cultural diversity in urban planning / Geoffrey Payne -- Part three. Understanding the vernacular. Vernacular design as a model system / Amos Rapoport -- 'Generative concepts' in vernacular architecture / Ronald Lewcock -- The future of the vernacular: towards new methodologies for the understanding and optimisation of the performance of vernacular buildings / Isaac A. Meir and Susan C. Roaf -- Architectural education and vernacular building / Howard Davis -- Educating architects to become culturally sensitive / Rosemary Latter.
Subject Vernacular architecture
Added Author Asquith, Lindsay
Vellinga, Marcel
ISBN 0415357810 (hb : alk. paper)
0415357950 (pb : alk. paper)
0203003861 (eb)
9780415357814
9780415357951