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Vernacular Architecture

Vernacular architecture is the architecture of the people who would live in the result. It is built without architects, refined over centuries by trial and...

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Vernacular architecture is the architecture of the people who would live in the result. It is built without architects, refined over centuries by trial and adaptation, sourced from local materials, attuned to local climate, and shaped by the social patterns of the community that builds it. Until 1964 it was largely invisible to the discipline of architecture; since then it has been one of the discipline's... Key sections include: Vernac ular.; Opening What we forgot.; Chapter I What it is.; Chapter II Architecture Without Architects.; Chapter III Earth construction.; Chapter IV Earth, by region.; Chapter V Timber traditions.; Chapter VI The Japanese minka.; Chapter VII Stone traditions.; Chapter VIII Bamboo and tropical materials..

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  1. 01Vernac ular.
  2. 02Opening What we forgot.
  3. 03Chapter I What it is.
  4. 04Chapter II Architecture Without Architects.
  5. 05Chapter III Earth construction.
  6. 06Chapter IV Earth, by region.
  7. 07Chapter V Timber traditions.
  8. 08Chapter VI The Japanese minka.
  9. 09Chapter VII Stone traditions.
  10. 10Chapter VIII Bamboo and tropical materials.
  11. 11Chapter IX Arctic and sub-arctic.
  12. 12Chapter X The recurring forms.
  13. 13Chapter XI The vernacular settlement.
  14. 14Chapter XII The vernacular's decline.
  15. 15Chapter XIII The contemporary recovery.
  16. 16Chapter XIV The tropical regional.
  17. 17Chapter XV African vernacular.
  18. 18Chapter XVI Indigenous American.
  19. 19Chapter XVII The UNESCO list.
  20. 20Chapter XVIII Paul Oliver and the documentation project.
  21. 21Chapter XIX How form follows culture.
  22. 22Chapter XX The library.
  23. 23Chapter XXI Watch & read.
  24. 24Chapter XXII The pilgrimage.
  25. 25Chapter XXIII Why this matters now.
  26. 26Chapter XXIV What remains practical.
  27. 27Chapter XXV What's already lost.
  28. 28Chapter XXVI The next decades.
  29. 29Chapter XXVII The wisdom recovered.
  30. 30Chapter XXVIII The continuing tradition.
  31. 31The end of the deck.
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