1st Edition

Vernacular Architecture and Regional Design

By Kingston Heath Copyright 2009
210 Pages
by Routledge

210 Pages
by Routledge

216 Pages
by Routledge

Sustainable design requires that design practitioners respond to a particular set of social, cultural and environmental conditions. 'Vernacular Architecture and Regional Design' defines a set of strategies for understanding the complexities of a regional setting. Through a series of international case studies, it examines how architects and designers have applied a variety of tactics to achieve... Read more
Foreword; Preface: Regionalism Reconsidered; Section One: Exploring the Nature of Place
1. An Interpretative Model for Assessing Regional Identity Amidst Change; 2. Architecture as Cultural Production; Section Two: From Regional Theory to a Situated Regional Response; 3. Introduction; Part One: People; 4. Howard Davis; 5. Nihal Perea; 6. Jo Noero; Part Two: Locale; 7. Teddy Cruz; 8. Darren Petrucci; Part Three: Environment; 9. Nina Maritz; 10. Carol A. Wilson; 11 Glenn Murcutt

Biography

WM. HEATH KINGSTON