Main entry:

Noble, Allen G., 1930-2021, author.

Title & Author:

Vernacular buildings : a global survey / Allen G. Noble.

Publication:

London : I.B. Tauris, 2014.

Description:

xi, 336 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Series:

International library of human geography ; 20

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-331) and index.
Terminology and disciplines -- Function and form -- Floor plans -- Dwelling sizes, space organization and elevation -- Site and location -- Orientation -- Building materials and construction methods: mud, sod, turf, tabby -- Building materials and construction methods: brick, stone, snow -- Building materials and construction methods: vegetative materials -- Above-ground structures -- Excavated structures -- Roof coverings and dung floors -- Roof coverings of stone, tile and brick -- The effects of climate and seasonal change -- Threats: man-made -- Threats: fire, wind, earthquake and other natural hazards -- Openings: doors -- Openings: windows -- Seasonal temperatures, heating, smoke and summer kitchens -- Conserving heat, cooling and ventilation -- Ceremony,spirit and devil houses, feng shui -- Decoration, the evil eye, brick patterns -- Communal dwellings, communal and non-communal religious groups -- Seasonal shelters, transhumance, prefabricated structures -- Constancy, open-air museums -- Change, cultural baggage and borrowing, the future.

Summary:

Constancy permits the evolution of types and characteristics to be identified, even in widely spread locations. It helps trace the origins of structures, despite later modifications. And change allows one to trace the effects of difference in environment, fashion, cultural ideas and economic influences. Change and constancy operate together, although one may or other may dominate at a particular time and place. In Vernacular Buildings Allen Noble extends the global survey contained in his earlier highly successful Traditional Buildings, to cover vernacular buildings and dwellings around the world. In a truly comprehensive account, he ranges from the fazenda of the pioneer Brazilian settlers, the Masai dwellings of Tanzania and the gothic houses of Shanghai, to Virginia Hall and Parlor houses, the thatched dwellings of the Eifel region of Germany and the three -decker houses of New York. Acknowledging the value of archival research the author is also firmly convinced of the importance of field observation and the book is extensively illustrated with photographs from his own personal collection.

ISBN:

9781780766249 (hbk.)
1780766246 (hbk.)

Subject:

Vernacular architecture.
Vernacular architecture History.
Building materials History.
Architecture vernaculaire.
Architecture vernaculaire Histoire.
Construction Matériaux Histoire.
vernacular architecture.
Building materials
Architecture and Planning.

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

International library of human geography ; 20.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 307839
Call No.: BIB 253316
Status: Available