Traditional Buildings
A Global Survey of Structural Forms And Cultural Functions
Noble, Allen G.
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BOOK SUMMARY
Based on a lifelong professional and personal interest, Traditional Buildings presents a unique survey of vernacular architecture across the globe. The reader is taken on a fascinating tour of traditional building around the world, which includes the loes
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Based on a lifelong professional and personal interest, Traditional Buildings presents a unique survey of vernacular architecture across the globe. The reader is taken on a fascinating tour of traditional building around the world, which includes the loess cave homes of central China, the stilt houses on the shores of Dahomey, the housebarns of Europe and North America, the wind towers of Iran, the Bohio houses of the Arawak indians of the Caribbean, and much more. Professor's Noble's extensive travels have allowed him to examine many of the building at close quarters and the richly illustrated text includes photographs from the his personal collection. With its comprehensive and detailed bibliography the work will be welcomed by experts and non-specialists alike.
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Allen G. Noble is distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of Geography & Planning , at the University of Akron, Ohio.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acknowledgements * Preface * List of illustrations * Introduction: terminology and disciplines * Function and form * Plan and elevation * Location and orientation * Building materials and construction methods: earth materials * Building materials and construction methods: wood and related vegetative materials * Above-ground and excavated structures * Coverings and climate * Threats: man-made and natural hazards * Heating and cooling * Openings: doors and windows * Ceremony and decoration * Communal dwellings and seasonal shelters * Change versus constancy * Bibliography * Index
Acknowledgements * Preface * List of illustrations * Introduction: terminology and disciplines * Function and form * Plan and elevation * Location and orientation * Building materials and construction methods: earth materials * Building materials and construction methods: wood and related vegetative materials * Above-ground and excavated structures * Coverings and climate * Threats: man-made and natural hazards * Heating and cooling * Openings: doors and windows * Ceremony and decoration * Communal dwellings and seasonal shelters * Change versus constancy * Bibliography * Index
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ISBN: 1845113055
ISBN(13-digit): 9781845113056
Dewey Decimal: 720.1/03
Library of Congress: bl2009002769
Book Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 339
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