Traditional Buildings
Subtitle: A Global Survey of Structural Forms and Cultural Functions (International Library of Human Geography)
Publisher: I. B. Tauris; In the United States of America and Canada distributed by Palgrave Macmillan
Published: October 2, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9781845113056
Subjects: Public buildings: civic, commercial, industrial, etc; Methods & Materials; Architecture / Public, Commercial, or Industrial Buildings; Public, Commercial, or Industrial Buildings; Architecture
Description: Based on a lifelong professional and personal interest, Traditional Buildings presents a unique survey of vernacular architecture across the globe. The reader is taken on a fascinating tour of traditional building around the world, which includes the loess cave homes of central China, the stilt houses on the shores of Dahomey, the housebarns of Europe and North America, the wind towers of Iran, the Bohio houses of the Arawak indians of the Caribbean, and much more. Professor's Noble's extensive travels have allowed him to examine many of the building at close quarters and the richly illustrated text includes photographs from the his personal collection. With its comprehensive and detailed bibliography the work will be welcomed by experts and non-specialists alike.