The first world atlas ever compiled on vernacular architecture, this comprehensive work illustrates the variety and ingenuity of the world’s vernacular building traditions from a multi-disciplinary, cross-cultural and comparative approach, using over sixty world and regional maps.
Mapping such diverse aspects as materials and resources, technologies, structural systems, symbolism, forms and service systems on a cross-cultural and comparative basis, the Atlas of Vernacular Architecture of the World reveals the distribution, diversity and relationships of the world’s vernacular building traditions. Indicating geographical patterns, developments, lacunae and anomalies, it gives rise to new insights and understandings, stimulating new hypotheses, questions and research efforts.
Augmenting the award-winning Encyclopedia of Vernacular Architecture of the World , the Atlas of Vernacular Architecture of the World constitutes a unique and unparalleled resource for anyone involved in the growing field of vernacular architecture studies, including architects, geographers, art historians, planners, folklorists, conservationists, builders, and anthropologists as well as being of use to all those working in the fields of heritage conservation, architecture, regeneration, energy efficient building, resources management, development and sustainability.

lgli/Atlas of Vernacular Architecture of the World.pdf

Taylor & Francis Ltd

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

Abingdon, Oxon, 2007

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Advisory Board and Consultants
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part 1: Contexts
Nations
Topography
Water
Climate
Vegetation
Soils
Economy
Population
Language
Religion
Culture
Part 2: Cultural and Material Aspects
Materials and Resources
Earth: Technologies
Sun-Dried Brick: Diffusion
Palm: Availability and Use
Timber: Technologies
Bamboo: Availability and Use
Reed: Technologies
Used and Manufactured: Fired Brick
Used and Manufactured: Corrugated Iron
Structural Systems and Technologies
Tents: Membraneous and Armature
Underground Architecture: Cave, Pit and Semi-Subterranean
Horizontal Log Construction: Diffusion
Stone Construction: Wet and Dry
Walling: Timber-Framed
Curtain Walling: Woven Matting
Finishes: Mud Plaster and Limewash
Roof Cladding: Clay Tiles, Shingles and Slate
Roofing: Thatch
Forms, Plans and Types
Primary Forms: Conical, Cylindrical, Cubic and Domical
Roof Forms: Pitched, Hipped and Vaulted
Roof Forms: Flat
Plans: Circular
Plans: Courtyards
Multi-Storey Buildings
Pile Dwellings
Community and Multi-Family Houses
Bungalow: Diffusion
Services and Functions
Hygiene: Sweat Baths
Cooking and Heating: Open Hearths, Stoves and Ovens
Smoke Vents: Chimneys and Smoke Holes
Ventilation and Cooling: Middle East and Southwest Asia
Ventilation and Cooling: Veranda
Outbuildings: Granaries
Outbuildings: Barns
Outbuildings: Mills
Symbolism and Decoration
Colour Decoration: Exterior Mural Painting
Symbolism: Motifs
Decorated Elements: Roof Finials
Symbolism: Botanical Metaphor
Development and Sustainability
Population Growth
Urbanisation
Squatter Settlements
Resources Depletion: Deforestation
Natural Disasters: Earthquakes
Conservation: Open Air Museums
Conservation: World Heritage Sites
Afterword
References
Bibliography
Index

"Vernacular architecture comprises the dwellings and all other buildings of the people. Related to their environmental contexts and available resources, vernacular buildings are customarily made utilizing traditional technologies, to meet specific needs, accommodating the values, economies and ways of living of the cultures that produce them." "Augmenting the Encyclopedia of Vernacular Architecture of the World, the Atlas of Vernacular Architecture of the World constitutes a unique and unparalleled resource for anyone involved in the growing field of vernacular architecture studies, including architects, geographers, art historians, planners, folklorists, conservationists, builders, and anthropologists. It will be of interest and of use to all those working in the fields of heritage conservation, architecture, regeneration, energy efficient building, resources management, development and sustainability."--Jacket

2024-09-17