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	Read about Vernacular architecture at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Vernacular architecture and learn about Vernacular architecture here!
		Vernacular buildings have made up a large portion of the built environment throughout human history because the profession of architect is a relatively new invention, because academic architecture has tended towards a narrow range of acceptable styles and forms, and because even today architects are involved in only a small percentage of built structures.
		architecture is a term from academic architecture to categorize structures built outside of academic tradition.
		Vernacular buildings have been praised by many writers for their sophisticated adaptation to their environment and users' needs.
	encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/Vernacular_architecture (435 words)

	Vernacular Architecture & Landscape Architecture: Resource Guide
		Vernacular architecture and landscape architecture, often called "ordinary" or "traditional" built environment, is a subject which crosses many disciplines: architecture, landscape architecture, historic preservation, building science, cultural anthropology, urban geography, archaeology, material culture, history, folklore, and human geography among them.
		Vernacular Architecture Forum was formed in 1980 to encourage the study and preservation of North American vernacular architecture.
		Vernacular Architecture Group is an international group for those interested in the study of "lesser traditional buildings." Its focus is primarily on the British Isles.
	www.lib.berkeley.edu /ENVI/vernacular.html (4145 words)

	HISTORY AND VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE
		Work in vernacular architecture are often expressed in a technical language, and published in unaccessible places.
		If architecture is mentioned, it is often tucked away in a section devoted to art and education, and even there the main subjects are the polite buildings erected by the elite.
		Architectural historians have been fully aware of important changes in practical carpentry, which demonstrates the versatility and inventiveness of one group of medieval craftsmen.
	www.ccurrie.me.uk /vag/DYERVA.htm (5050 words)

	Historic house glossary by Westwind Design, Richmond, Maine
		Vernacular (builder-designed) houses are simpler, usually having pilasters applied to the corners of the front facade, "supporting" the characteristic deep entablature that tops the walls.
		Vernacular styles usually stem from some more formal or academic style, with simplifications and adaptations; but their origins are still recognizable.
		Some vernacular Greek Revival houses are oriented with a gable end facing the street, with the front entrance at one end of the facade (known as a "corner entrance").
	www.westwinddesign.com /glossdes.htm (3882 words)

	Teaching Vernacular Architecture at the George Washington University
		The Vernacular Architecture Forum (VAF), the learned society formed expressly to advance research on the topic, was founded at GW in 1979, and the university served as the site of the organization's first annual meeting.
		The vernacular field has certainly seemed to benefit from the upsurge in interest in the study of American material culture so that as the visibility of everyday artifacts has improved within the scholarly community, so too has the standing of vernacular architecture.
		Vernacular architecture, and the methodical innovations fostered through the recent study of vernacular architecture, thus form integral aspects of the format.
	www.georgetown.edu /crossroads/vernarch.html (3045 words)

	Vernacular Architecture Forum
		The Vernacular Architecture Forum was formed in 1980 to encourage the study and preservation of these informative and valuable material resources.
		Scholars and field professionals now apply the term "vernacular architecture" to traditional domestic and agricultural buildings, industrial and commercial structures, twentieth-century suburban houses, settlement patterns and cultural landscapes.
		If you are interested in learning more about vernacular architecture in North America (including the United States, Canada, Mexico and the West Indies) and in building associations with hundreds of kindred souls from all parts of the continent and the world, then you should
	www.vernaculararchitectureforum.org (177 words)

	The Secretary of the Interior's Standards and Vernacular Architecture
		The idea that the Secretary of the Interior's Standards don't work for the conservation of vernacular architecture first struck me full on when I was working on a small rural chapel in the village of Upper Rociada, New Mexico.
		The Secretary of the Interior's Standards and Vernacular Architecture
		As a category, vernacular buildings and sites are most clearly defined by the fact that they are occupied and used by the culture or the families who built and maintained them in the first place, and whose identities are unmistakably associated with their own built environment.
	www.crockerltd.net /SOI.htm (1200 words)

	MIT Architecture: Nasser Rabbat Profile
		His interests are early and medieval Islamic art and architecture, medieval urban history and historiography, vernacular architecture, and post-colonial criticism and its ramifications for the study of architectural history.
		He teaches lecture courses on architecture in the Islamic world in general and in specific locales, such as Cairo, or on particular themes, such as environmental architecture, and seminars on Islamic urbanism, cultural signification in architecture, and on Orientalism and representation.
		Rabbat is also pursuing two other research topics: the survival of classical architectural traditions in the early Islamic period (7-8 c), and the work of British and French architects in the Middle East in the nineteenth century.
	architecture.mit.edu /people/profiles/prrabbat.html (561 words)

	Arts and Crafts in Midwestern Architecture
		For these reasons, the Prairie design was built primarily for the upper-classes, and did not influence vernacular architecture to the extent that the bungalow did.
		Arts and Crafts architecture would never have succeeded as a design concept if it had not also met the changing needs of society.
		Architecturally, it is the result of the effort to bring about harmony between the house and it surroundings, to get as close as possible to nature....
	www.cl.utoledo.edu /canaday/artsandcrafts/architecture.html (1667 words)

	Vernacular Architecture in Cumbria
		Lowe referred to as an exceptional piece of architecture.
		In one instance the wife's initial was on top, indicating that she had probably brought a considerable dowry into the marriage.
		Askham, Troutbeck, Hawkshead and Hartsop are particularly interesting villages from an architectural point of view.
	www.penrithandnorthlakesu3a.org.uk /NewNewsletters/October%202003/vernacular_architecture_in_cumbr.htm (372 words)

	Atlas 6 Olivier Laude Chinese Rural Architecture
		The richly diverse vernacular architectural traditions of China are unrivaled in the world.
		China's folk architectural forms, even as they portray common elements, clearly reveal the broad range of solutions that humans are capable of in providing basic shelter and creating homes for their families.
		China, a nation of 56 nationalities living in disparate natural landscapes with widely varying climatic conditions, is certainly more varied in its housing patterns than is the case in single nations such as the United States or even in comparison with multi-national Europe.
	www.atlasmagazine.com /photo/laude6 (174 words)

	Encyclopedia of Vernacular Architecture of the World - Cambridge University Press
		Vernacular - or traditional - architecture encompasses most of the buildings of the world.
		As building traditions vary widely within some countries and extend across the political boundaries of others, the encyclopedia considers vernacular architecture within its cultural rather than its national contexts.
		This encyclopedia is the first to show the remarkable diversity of the buildings constructed and lived in by the people of over a thousand cultures.
	books.cambridge.org /0521564220.htm (465 words)

	Yorkshire Vernacular Buildings Study Group
		Vernacular architecture is that which is typical for an area or a region.
		By studying buildings in detail, and using documentary and oral evidence from a variety of sources, the Yorkshire Vernacular Buildings Study Group (formerly the North Yorkshire and Cleveland Vernacular Buildings Study Group) is building up a picture of the different styles of local architecture.
		The group aims to support all those interested in studying the vernacular architecture of Yorkshire.
	www.yvbsg.org.uk (267 words)

	ArchitectureWeek - Culture - Zambian Vernacular - 2002.0807
		Zambian vernacular architecture is integrated with nature in an agricultural society of subsistence farming.
		Zambian vernacular architecture is organic, beautiful, and most importantly, comfortably integrated with the local climate, culture, and harvest cycles.
		Since Zambia gained independence from Britain in 1964, the country has experienced a continuing shift toward urbanization that is reflected in its architecture.
	www.architectureweek.com /2002/0807/culture_1-1.html (185 words)

	Sagebrush Vernacular: Architecture in Rural Nevada
		Sagebrush Vernacular is an exhibition of 120 photographs of rural Nevada architecture.
		Sponsored by the Nevada Humanities Committee, the photographs are currently traveling in Nevada with the Smithsonian produced exhibition, Barn Again: Celebrating An American Icon.
	www.library.unr.edu /specoll/photoweb/barns (36 words)

	Cape_Town_Heritage_Trust
		Vernacular Architecture Society of SA Also included are up to eleven individuals nominated as Trustees in their own right in recognition of their special expertise in fields beneficial to the Trust.
		The mission of the Cape Town Heritage Trust is to conserve the architectural, cultural and natural heritage of Cape Town and its environs for the benefit of the inhabitants of the City and of the nation at large
		This is facilitated by providing links to heritage organisations, focusing on related activities, and providing information on relevant services.
	www.heritage.org.za (461 words)

	The Vernacular Architecture Society
		If you think that certain information should not be used on this site please contact The Vernacular Architecture Society of South Africa immediately.
		Any reproduction or adaptation, in whole or in part, without the written permission of the publisher is strictly prohibited and is an act of copyright infringement which may, in certain circumstances, constitute a criminal offence.
	www.museums.org.za /vassa (95 words)

	Architecture Students Forum - DesignCommunity.com
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	www.designcommunity.com /students.html (5246 words)

	Contents
		He is the author of Architecture for the Poor, also published by the University of Chicago Press.
		He has received the Union of International Architects Gold Medal, the Egyptian Government's National Prize for Arts and Letters, and the Aga Kahn Award for Architecture.
		HASSAN FATHY, an Egyptian architect, has taught on the Faculty of Fine Arts in Cairo and served as head of its architectural section.
	www.unu.edu /unupress/unupbooks/80a01e/80A01E00.htm (121 words)

	Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Art of China - Architecture
		Discusses vernacular and folk traditions of Chinese architecture, with emphasis on domestic architecture, such as space, structure, interior and exterior elements, in Zhejiang Province.
		They are general historical surveys and studies of different types of Chinese architecture, such as domestic, imperial, tombs and shrines, and city planning.
		Historic Chinese Architecture, compiled by the Dept. of Architecture.
	www.si.edu /resource/faq/freersac/chinarct.htm (1664 words)

	VAG
		The Vernacular Architecture Group was formed in 1952 to further the study of traditional buildings, originally those of the British Isles.
		The printed version, Bibliography on Vernacular Architecture, is published periodically, with four volumes to date; details are being collected for a fifth volume.
		The Vernacular Architecture Group has almost 700 members, including more than 60 overseas, and a number of affiliated groups and exchanging societies.
	www.vag.org.uk (896 words)

	Bibliographies
		Because scaled plans and drawings, as well as builders' original drawings, are a vital part of many vernacular architecture and landscape studies, their use is indicated in the bibliography as follows:
		The next selection is a version of the cumulative bibliography from the Vernacular Architecture Newsletter, published by the Vernacular Architecture Forum.
		Authors who have served as editors of volumes such as Perspectives in Vernacular Architecture also tend to have large numbers of entries.
	www.math.ufl.edu /math/biblio.html (1790 words)

	The Alley: A Back Street History of New York's Communities
		My approach treats planned alleys as built and social landscapes to be investigated as vernacular architecture, and then viewed as service, residential, or commercial space that attracted the working class.
		Now they are waiting to be studied as microcosms of vernacular architecture and social history.
		In the twentieth century, alleys survived the age of the automobile and the decline of central cities; they have been gentrified and protected for their contributions to the quality of life in our cities.
	www.nyfolklore.org /pubs/voicjl28-1-2/alley.html (1320 words)

	The 4 Elements of Santorini Architecture -after
		The Architectural Association Environment, Energy and Sustainable Design Programme held a seminar on the environmental aspects of Santorini vernacular architecture.
		The seminar took place in the village of Oia in Santorini between 26/4-2/5/01, with support by the National Technical University of Athens Department of Architecture.
		Santorini presents an informative architectural paradigm to observant eyes and minds and this time was no exception.
	www.ntua.gr /arch/geometry/tns/Oia01 (573 words)

	Green Home Building: Vernacular Architecture: Africa
		A genuine addition to the vernacular of modern architecture and possibly, a firefly of inspiration for those of us living in empty hard, static and meaningless shells.
		At once a work of convincing scholarship and a beautifully illustrated tour of African architecture past and present, this is a pioneering book that brings a heretofore rarely examined body of work dramatically to life.
		The Anatomy of Architecture : Ontology and Metaphor in Batammaliba Architectural Expression
	www.greenhomebuilding.com /africa.htm (813 words)

	Chinese Earth Shelter Dwellings: By Paul Long
		This page provides a brief view of Chinese vernacular architecture, specifically earth sheltered dwellings.
		Architecture at the University of Idaho, Spring 1999.
		Few buildings in China exist that were built prior to the 1300's because many early buildings were built of insubstantial construction of wood and rice paper and others were destroyed during wars and invasions.
	www.class.uidaho.edu /arch499/nonwest/china (117 words)

	Washington, DC--Foggy Bottom Historic District
		The significance of Foggy Bottom's vernacular architecture is further enhanced by the 19th century alley dwellings that are located in Snow's Court (between 24th and 25th Streets and K and I Streets) and Hughes Mews (between 25th and 26th Streets and K and I Streets).
		The long blocks of similar flat-fronted, two-story rowhouses, generally built after 1885, represent the culmination of the vernacular building tradition in the district.
		Among the earliest houses is a frame house at 25th and I Streets that may have been associated with the Underground Railroad.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/wash/dc20.htm (384 words)

	Architectural Research Guides, Environmental Design Library, UC Berkeley
		This is a list of guides to resources in the UC Berkeley libraries and on the web prepared for the students and faculty at the University of California, Berkeley.
		Architectural Research Guides, Environmental Design Library, UC Berkeley
	www.lib.berkeley.edu /ENVI/Guides.html (55 words)

	Dissertations Underway on Architectural History
		Grossman, Max Elijah, Columbia University, "Architecture and Ideology in the Sienese Contado from the Age of Frederick II to the Fall of the Nine."
		Gittings, Elizabeth, Harvard University, "The Ideology and Aesthetics of Architecture in the Early Christian Mosaics of the Rotunda in Thessaloniki."
		Richardson, Milda, Boston University, "The Architecture of Charles Donagh Maginnis, 1867-1955."
	faculty.washington.edu /jn/diss.htm (12049 words)

	Domestic Buildings Research Group (Surrey)
		We are an independent group of volunteers - founded in 1970 - engaged in the study and recording of traditional domestic architecture.
		We study, by invitation, old houses,cottages and other domestic and farm buildings, mainly in Surrey, and have recorded nearly 4,000 buildings.
	www.dbrg.org.uk (470 words)

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