1st Edition
Built to Meet Needs: Cultural Issues in Vernacular Architecture
By Paul Oliver
Copyright 2006
474 Pages
by
Routledge
480 Pages
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Routledge
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The study of vernacular architecture explores the characteristics of domestic buildings in particular regions or localities, and the many social and cultural factors that have contributed to their evolution. In this book, vernacular architecture specialist Paul Oliver brings together a wealth of information that spans over two decades, and the whole globe. Some previously unpublished papers, as... Read more
PART ONE: DEFINING THE FIELD; PART TWO: CULTURES AND CONTEXTS; PART THREE: TRADITION AND TRANSMISSION; PART FOUR: CULTURES, DISASTERS AND DWELLINGS; PART FIVE: CONSERVATION AND CONTINUITY; PART SIX: SUBURBS AND SELF-BUILDERS; PART SEVEN: MEETING THE CHALLENGE OF THE 21st CENTURY
Biography
Paul Oliver
