Vernacular Buildings: A Global Survey 9781780766249, 1780766246

Vernacular Buildings: A Global Survey 9780755694587, 9781780766249

Constancy permits the evolution of types and characteristics to be identified, even in widely spread locations. It helps

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Traditional Buildings: A Global Survey of Structural Forms and Cultural Functions 9780755604166, 9780857717450

Based on a lifelong professional and personal interest, "Traditional Buildings" presents a unique survey of ve

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The Suburban Land Question: A Global Survey 9781442620629

The purpose of The Suburban Land Question is to identify the common elements of land development in suburban regions aro

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Vernacular Buildings and Urban Social Practice: Wood and People in Early Modern Swedish Society 1789696771, 9781789696776

Wooden buildings housed the majority of Swedish urban populations during the early modern era, but many of these buildin

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Round Buildings, Square Buildings, and Buildings That Wiggle Like a Fish [First Edition] 0394893824, 9780394893822

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The Alabama catalog: Historic American Buildings Survey : a guide to the early architecture of the state 9780817301484

This broad panorama of Alabama architecture provides for the first time in published form the rich resources of the Alab

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A Lesson from Vernacular Architecture in Nigeria

Contemporary architecture has its roots from the vernacular. Every cultural group in the world has its own form of vernacular though the approach may vary from place to place and from people to people. Vernacular architecture has many values which are relevant to contemporary architecture today. This paper looks at vernacular architecture in Nigeria as practiced by two ethnic groups who have varying climatic, religious and socio-cultural practices. The approaches to architecture by these two groups, i.e. the Hausas and Igbos, are looked at with the intention of finding positive values in the vernacular which can be applied to the contemporary. One of such values as seen in this paper is the harmony of traditional building materials with nature. Local building materials are able to meet housing needs without having detrimental effect on the environment. More emphasis should therefore be given to local building materials in the building industry today. The paper concludes by stating that for contemporary architecture to adequately meet the needs of man today, vernacular values which apply to the cultural and climatic needs of such places should be selected and imbibed. JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY URBAN AFFAIRS (2018) 2(1), 84-95. https://doi.org/10.25034/ijcua.2018.3664

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Photogrammetric Survey for the Recording and Documentation of Historic Buildings [1st ed.] 9783030473099, 9783030473105

This book provides state-of-the-art information on photogrammetry for cultural heritage, exploring the problems and pres

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Shtetl: A Vernacular Intellectual History 9780813562742

In Yiddish, shtetl simply means “town.” How does such an unassuming word come to loom so large in modern Jewish culture,

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Global Asset Allocation: A Survey of the World’s Top Asset Allocation Strategies (English Edition) 0988679922, 9780988679924

With all of our focus on assets - and how much and when to allocate them - are we missing the bigger picture? Our book

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