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

Title & Author:

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

Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2005.

Description:

pages cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.

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ISBN:

0415357810 (hb ; alk. paper)
9780415357814 (hb ; alk. paper)
0415357950 (pb ; alk. paper)
9780415357951 (pb ; alk. paper)
0203003861 (eb)
9780203003862 (eb)

Subject:

Vernacular architecture.
Architecture vernaculaire.
vernacular architecture.

Added entries:

Asquith, Lindsay.
Vellinga, Marcel.

Vernacular architecture in the twenty-first century

Holdings:

Location: Library main 243361
Call No.: BIB 173109
Status: Available

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