| Description |
192 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. Materials and Construction Techniques -- Ch. 2. Up to the Eternal Snow: Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh foothills -- Ch. 3. The Northern Plains: Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Punjab and Haryana -- Ch. 4. The Desert West: Rajasthan and northwestern Gujarat -- Ch. 5. Towards the Arabian Sea: Gujarat, Daman and Diu -- Ch. 6. The Tribal Heartland: Maharashtra, eastern Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, western Orissa -- Ch. 7. The Dravidian South: Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Goa, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and the Islands -- Ch. 8. From Ganga's Delta to the Eastern Hills: Bengal, coastal Orissa, Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura -- Ch. 9. The Future |
| Summary |
Throughout India, buildings are constructed by traditional methods and without architects. The range of vernacular building types - mud-plastered, reed-thatched, timber-framed - is as varied as India's geography itself, from the Himalayas in the North and the barren deserts of the West, to the sweltering bamboo groves and rice fields of the South. Ilay Cooper, who has traveled extensively in India since 1965, surveys the vernacular buildings of each region with an expert knowledge of materials and techniques, as well as of history and tradition. Barry Dawson's photographs bring us into intimate contact with the rural towns and villages of India where ninety per cent of the population live and work. Through this colorful, intimate and humane study of traditional architecture, the many personalities of India are revealed |
| Notes |
Bibliography: p186-188. _ Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 186-188 |
| Subject |
Architecture -- India.
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Architecture -- Indic influences.
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Vernacular architecture -- India.
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| Author |
Dawson, Barry.
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India.
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| LC no. |
97061642 |
| ISBN |
0500341613 |
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