Vernacular architecture in the 21st century
By: edited by Lindsay Asquith and Marcel Vellinga.
Contributors: Asquith, Lindsay.; Vellinga, Marcel.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 294
Subjects: Vernacular architecture.
Other titles: Vernacular architecture in the twenty-first century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part one. The vernacular as process. Building tradition: control and authority in vernacular architecture / Simon J. Bronner; title: Endorsing indigenous knowledge: the role of masons and apprenticeship in sustaining vernacular architecture - the case of Djenne / Trevor H.J. Marchand; title: Forms and meanings of mobility: the dwellings and settlements of sedentarised Irish travellers / Anna Hoare; title: Engaging the future: vernacular architecture studies in the twenty-first century / Marcel Vellinga; title: Part two. Learning from the vernacular. Traditionalism and vernacular architecture in the twenty-first century; title: Suha Özkan; title: Learning from the vernacular: basic principles for sustaining human habitats / Roderick J. Lawrence; title: Lessons from the vernacular: integrated approaches and new methods for housing research / Lindsay Asquith; title: Sheltering from extreme hazards / Ian Davis; title: A journey through space: cultural diversity in urban planning / Geoffrey Payne; title: Part three. Understanding the vernacular. Vernacular design as a model system / Amos Rapoport; title: 'Generative concepts' in vernacular architecture / Ronald Lewcock; title: 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; title: Architectural education and vernacular building / Howard Davis; title: Educating architects to become culturally sensitive / Rosemary Latter.