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The vernacular architecture of Doha, Qatar [PDF]

open access: yesPost-Medieval Archaeology, 2017
SUMMARY: The urban history of the Gulf states has been largely neglected, with historical studies of Qatar focusing on its political and economic development. This article presents an overview of the vernacular architecture of Doha that incorporates non-elite buildings.
Daniel Eddisford, Robert Carter
openaire   +3 more sources

Circularity in the New Gravity—Re-Thinking Vernacular Architecture and Circularity

open access: yesSustainability, 2021
The mounting climate change crisis and the rapid urbanization of cities have pressured many practitioners, policymakers, and even private investors to develop new policies, processes, and methods for achieving more sustainable construction methods ...
M. Dabaieh, Dalya Maguid, Deena El-Mahdy
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

Vernacular Architecture of Java: The Production and Reproduction of Space

open access: yesInternational Society for the Study of Vernacular Settlements
The study of vernacular architecture in Indonesia has predominantly focused on documenting architectural features, capturing the static morphology of spaces at specific times.
A. B. Sholihah
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Vernacular Architecture as a Design Paradigm for Sustainability and Identity: The Case of Ladakh, India

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Civil Engineering and Architecture, 2021
As a concept, the term ‘Vernacular Architecture’ is mainly known for its utilization of nearby materials, labors, and culture. The vernacular architecture is practically and casually continuing the legacy of the region.
Osama Nasir, Mohammad Arif Kamal
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Ambiguities of modernist nationalism: architectural culture and nation-building in early Republican Turkey [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Reviews the book "Modernism and Nation Building: Turkish Architectural Culture in the Early Republic," by Sibel ...
Akman, Ayhan
core   +1 more source

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
doaj  

The ‘preservation by relocation’ of Huizhou vernacular architecture: shifting notions on the authenticity of rural heritage in China

open access: yesInternational Journal of Heritage Studies (IJHS), 2021
The practice of ‘preservation by relocation’ is representative of China’s ‘heritage fever’. It is the source of a controversial debate regarding heritage conservation, and it remains understudied from a critical perspective.
Plácido González Martínez
semanticscholar   +1 more source

PREFACE [PDF]

open access: yesThe International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2020
Without a doubt 2020 will be remembered worldwide as the year of risk and emergency, in this case a health emergency, and of new communication technologies. When work began in 2018 on the organisation of “HERITAGE2020 (3DPast | RISK-Terra), International
C. Mileto   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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