Vernacular Architecture and Regional Design

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Vernacular Architecture and Regional Design

Author	: Kingston Wm Heath
File Size	: 42,9 Mb
Publisher	: Routledge
Language	: English
Release Date	: 05 May 2024
ISBN	: 9780750659338
Pages	: 212 pages

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Vernacular Architecture and Regional Design by Kingston Wm Heath Book PDF Summary

Defines a set of strategies for understanding the complexities of a regional setting and, through a series of international case studies, examines how architects and designers have applied a variety of tactics to achieve culturally and environmentally appropriate design solutions.

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In this rapidly globalizing world, any investigation of architecture inevitably leads to considerations of regionalism. But despite its omnipresence in contemporary practice and theory, architectural regionalism remains a fluid concept, its historical development and current influence largely undocumented. This comprehensive reader brings together over 40 key essays illustrating the full range

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