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A Lesson from Vernacular Architecture in Nigeria

open access: yesJournal of Contemporary Urban Affairs, 2018
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.
Joyce Lodson   +2 more
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The heritage of light and shade in Cairo

open access: yesOchrona Dziedzictwa Kulturowego
Conservation principles and practices were introduced to Islamic historic cities by European orientalists in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century. While they played an important role in the conservation of the historic built heritage,
Hossam Mahdy
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Vernacular, which means? Semantic remarks as side notes on the main topic of the conference

open access: yesBudownictwo i Architektura, 2015
The term vernacular referring to art and architecture was used for the first time in England in the middle of the nineteenth century. Numerous definitions have been created since the first Conference on Vernacular Architecture in Plovdiv in 1975.
Grzegorz Rytel
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Bibliography of the Vernacular Architecture Group

open access: yes, 2001
This collection comprises the on-line version of the Bibliography of the Vernacular Architecture Group. Data has been collected from 1992 onwards.
Vernacular Architecture Group (VAG)
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Layout Optimization of Residential Buildings to Improve the Outdoor Microclimate of Neighborhoods Along an Urban Bay: A Case Study of Shantou’s Inner Bay, China

open access: yesBuildings
In summer, the urban heat island effect causes unbearable warmth in Shantou City, especially in the urban areas along the Inner Bay with densely populated neighborhoods.
Wenqing Liu   +4 more
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Rereading the features of vernacular architecture in the housing of coastal villages of Bushehr [PDF]

open access: yesمسکن و محیط روستا, 2021
The coastal villages of Bushehr province have a long history due to their suitable geographical location in near the Persian Gulf and in some cases suitable agricultural lands, and therefore have a rich heritage of vernacular architecture.
Elnaz Behbahani   +3 more
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Dendrochronology Database

open access: yes, 2001
This resource consists of a database containing the tree-ring dates for over 4900 buildings in the United Kingdom, ranging from cathedrals to cottages and barns and is a Vernacular Architecture Group project.
Vernacular Architecture Group (VAG)
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Demonstration of phenomenological approach’s proportion, for vernacular ARCHITECTURE recognition (Case Study: Vernacular Housing in Manoojan Region of Kerman Province) [PDF]

open access: yesمسکن و محیط روستا, 2020
Although the vernacular architecture is formed in harmony with the "lived experience" of the natives, looking at the studies of vernacular architecture, we see that in the researches done, researchers have paid more attention to the role of factors such ...
Mozhgan Pirayesh Shirazi Nezhad   +3 more
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The parish church of San Michele Arcangelo in Metelliano: the path of knowledge of a vernacular architecture [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
[EN] The parish church of San Michele a Metelliano, located in Tuscany near the city of Arezzo, is a unique case of vernacular architecture. The building is the result of a synthesis of traditional local architecture and a strong Byzantine influence.
Ghelfi, Giorgio
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SUSTAINABILITY LESSONS FROM VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE IN FREI OTTO'S WORK: TENTS AND GRIDSHELLS [PDF]

open access: yesThe International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2020
Frei Otto is usually linked in the historiography of modern architecture to the German Pavilion for the Montreal Expo and the Olympic Stadium in Munich, a couple of works that have typically been regarded as predecessors of High-Tech architecture.
J. M. Songel
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