Built to meet needs :

Oliver, Paul.

Built to meet needs : cultural issues in vernacular architecture / Cultural issues in vernacular architecture. Vernacular architecture. Paul Oliver. - First ed. - Burlington, Ma : Elsevier, 2006. - xxviii, 445 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Defining the field -- Cultures and contexts -- Tradition and transmission -- Cultures, disasters and dwellings -- Conservation and continuity -- Suburbs and self-builders -- Meeting the challenge of the twenty-first century -- Conferences and publications -- Index.

0750666579 (hbk.) 9780750666572 (hbk.)


Vernacular architecture.
Dwellings--Social aspects.
Architecture and society.
Architecture, Domestic.
Architecture--Human factors.
Regionalism in architectures.

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