Afghanistan
Subtitle: an atlas of indigenous domestic architecture
By: by Albert Szabo and Thomas J. Barfield ; foreword by Eduard F. Sekler.
Contributors: Barfield, Thomas J. 1950-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Austin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
Subjects: Architecture, Domestic -- Afghanistan; Vernacular architecture -- Afghanistan
Description: "This survey of Afghanistan's indigenous domestic architecture, carried out in 1974-1976 prior to the Soviet invasion, is the most comprehensive record of Afghan dwelling types currently available. The book consists of two major parts.The first is a general atlas of Afghan nomdic and sedentary domestic structures, focusing particularly on dwellings. The authors provide detailed drawings and measurements of each type of tent or permanent dwelling, along iwth maps to indicate its area of use. In addition to the environmental factors that have influenced these designs, they discusss how the cultural heritage of the inhabitants has also shaped the dwellings they construct. The second part of the atlas is a comparative architectural study of four different types of villages in the Kabul River basin."--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-260) and index.