Dwellings : the vernacular house world wide / Paul Oliver.

Main entry:

Oliver, Paul, 1927-2017, author.

Title & Author:

Dwellings : the vernacular house world wide / Paul Oliver.

Publication:

London ; New York : Phaidon, 2003.

Description:

288 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm

Notes:
Revision of the publication Dwellings: the house across the world, published in 1987.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Shelter of the nomads -- Settling down -- True to type -- Built from the ground -- Resources that grow -- Coping with climate -- Spatial relations -- House and cosmos -- Decorated dwellings -- Going to town -- Enduring dwellings.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

"Dwellings is an essential record of domestic buildings by indigenous groups that still exist and thrive in the world today, as well as others that are sadly under threat or disappearing. It is also a useful survey for understanding how different communities cope with issues that affect everyone who builds, eg. climate, migration, as well as symbolic or cultural meaning in architecture." "Since its first publication in 1987, Dwellings: The House Across the World has been the classic reference to the world's informal domestic architecture. This new book, Dwellings: The Vernacular House World Wide takes into account further scholarship in the field and also acknowledges theoretical developments in the areas of cultural geography, gender studies, sociology and anthropology. Each narrative chapter is highly illustrated with drawing and photographs, largely by the author from his research field trips over many years. For architects and students, and for those involved in historical research, or the field of vernacular architecture, it is an informative document of the ways in which houses are constructed, decorated and inhabited around the world."--Jacket.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

0714842028
9780714842028
9780714847931
0714847933

Subject:

Architecture, Domestic.
Vernacular architecture.
Dwellings Social aspects.
Architecture, Domestic History.
Architecture domestique Histoire.
Architecture vernaculaire.
Habitations Aspect social.
vernacular architecture.
Wohnungsbau
Volksarchitektur
Wohnung
Landschaftsgebundenes Bauen
Haus
Woningen.
Woningbouw.
Inheemse volken.
Sociale ecologie.
Habitação (aspectos antropológicos)
Habitação (aspectos sociais)
Arquitetura vernacular.
Architecture domestique Photographies.
Architecture vernaculaire Photographies.
Habitations Photographies.
Architecture domestique.
Habitation.
Dwellings

Added entries:

Oliver, Paul, 1927- Dwellings, the house across the world.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 227626
Call No.: NA7105 .O5 2003
Status: Available

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