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Author Weber, Willi

Title Lessons from Vernacular Architecture
Published Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (236 pages)
Contents Cover; Lessons from Vernacular Architecture; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; Introduction; Part I Bioclimatic Facets of Vernacular Architecture; 1 The four elements of Santorini's architecture; 2 A lesson in urban design from Dakhleh Oasis; 3 Windows as environmental modifiers in the vernacular architecture of Lebanon; 4 The historic hammāms of Damascus and Fez; 5 Climatic design of Islamic bath buildings; 6 The environmental performance of a traditional courtyard house in China
7 Courtyards and transitional spaces in Turkish traditional architecturePart II Vernacular Architecture as Model; 8 Applying the lessons of Indian vernacular architecture: the bungalow; 9 Lighting features in Japanese traditional architecture; 10 Inspiration from the vernacular in the architecture of Luis Barragán; 11 The new vernacular of Severiano Porto in the Amazon; 12 Comparison of traditional Thai houses with contemporary designs; 13 Environmentally responsive architecture for rural Northern Ireland; 14 The vernacular as a model for sustainable design; Index
Summary The architectural community has had a strong and continuing interest in traditional and vernacular architecture. Lessons from Vernacular Architecture takes lessons directly from traditional and vernacular architecture and offers them to the reader as guidance and inspiration for new buildings. The appropriate technical and social solutions provided by vernacular and traditional architecture are analysed in detail. International case studies focus on environmental design aspects of traditional architecture in a broad range of climatic conditions and building types
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Subject Sustainable architecture.
Vernacular architecture.
vernacular architecture.
Sustainable architecture
Vernacular architecture
Form Electronic book
Author Yannas, Simos
ISBN 9781135015558
1135015554