Atlas of Vernacular Architecture of the World

The first world atlas ever compiled on vernacular architecture, this comprehensive work illustrates the variety and ingenuity of the world’s vernacular building traditions from a multi-disciplinary, cross-cultural and comparative approach, using over sixty world and regional maps. Mapping such diverse aspects as materials and resources, technologies, structural systems, symbolism, forms and service systems on a cross-cultural and comparative basis, the Atlas of Vernacular Architecture of the World reveals the distribution, diversity and relationships of the world’s vernacular building traditions. Indicating geographical patterns, developments, lacunae and anomalies, it gives rise to new insights and understandings, stimulating new hypotheses, questions and research efforts. Augmenting the award-winning Encyclopedia of Vernacular Architecture of the World , the Atlas of Vernacular Architecture of the World constitutes a unique and unparalleled resource for anyone involved in the growing field of vernacular architecture studies, including architects, geographers, art historians, planners, folklorists, conservationists, builders, and anthropologists as well as being of use to all those working in the fields of heritage conservation, architecture, regeneration, energy efficient building, resources management, development and sustainability. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Advisory Board and Consultants Acknowledgements Introduction Part 1: Contexts Nations Topography Water Climate Vegetation Soils Economy Population Language Religion Culture Part 2: Cultural and Material Aspects Materials and Resources Earth: Technologies Sun-Dried Brick: Diffusion Palm: Availability and Use Timber: Technologies Bamboo: Availability and Use Reed: Technologies Used and Manufactured: Fired Brick Used and Manufactured: Corrugated Iron Structural Systems and Technologies Tents: Membraneous and Armature Underground Architecture: Cave, Pit and Semi-Subterranean Horizontal Log Construction: Diffusion Stone Construction: Wet and Dry Walling: Timber-Framed Curtain Walling: Woven Matting Finishes: Mud Plaster and Limewash Roof Cladding: Clay Tiles, Shingles and Slate Roofing: Thatch Forms, Plans and Types Primary Forms: Conical, Cylindrical, Cubic and Domical Roof Forms: Pitched, Hipped and Vaulted Roof Forms: Flat Plans: Circular Plans: Courtyards Multi-Storey Buildings Pile Dwellings Community and Multi-Family Houses Bungalow: Diffusion Services and Functions Hygiene: Sweat Baths Cooking and Heating: Open Hearths, Stoves and Ovens Smoke Vents: Chimneys and Smoke Holes Ventilation and Cooling: Middle East and Southwest Asia Ventilation and Cooling: Veranda Outbuildings: Granaries Outbuildings: Barns Outbuildings: Mills Symbolism and Decoration Colour Decoration: Exterior Mural Painting Symbolism: Motifs Decorated Elements: Roof Finials Symbolism: Botanical Metaphor Development and Sustainability Population Growth Urbanisation Squatter Settlements Resources Depletion: Deforestation Natural Disasters: Earthquakes Conservation: Open Air Museums Conservation: World Heritage Sites Afterword References Bibliography Index "Vernacular architecture comprises the dwellings and all other buildings of the people. Related to their environmental contexts and available resources, vernacular buildings are customarily made utilizing traditional technologies, to meet specific needs, accommodating the values, economies and ways of living of the cultures that produce them." "Augmenting the Encyclopedia of Vernacular Architecture of the World, the Atlas of Vernacular Architecture of the World constitutes a unique and unparalleled resource for anyone involved in the growing field of vernacular architecture studies, including architects, geographers, art historians, planners, folklorists, conservationists, builders, and anthropologists. It will be of interest and of use to all those working in the fields of heritage conservation, architecture, regeneration, energy efficient building, resources management, development and sustainability."--Jacket