Exploring Everyday Landscapes (Perspectives in Vernacular Architecture)
Contributors: Annmarie Adams (Editor); Sally McMurry (Editor)
Publisher: University of Tennessee Press
Published: December 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 313
ISBN-13: 9780870499838
Subjects: United States; Landscape; Architecture; Vernacular Architecture; Social life and customs; History - General; Congresses
Description: Bringing together scholarship in diverse fields - including architecture, geography, folklore, anthropology, and urban studies - the seventeen essays in this volume confirm the transformations now occurring in the study of vernacular architecture.

Moving away from a single vision of vernacular architecture that consisted only of "old, rural, handmade structures built in traditional forms and materials for everyday use," scholars are exploring a wider variety of forms and landscapes - from company towns to grand expositions. Drawn from two conferences of the Vernacular Architecture Forum - one held in Charleston in 1994, the other in Ottawa in 1995 - these essays address a broad range of topics.