Design and the vernacular : interpretations for contemporary architectural practice and theory /

Design and the Vernacular explores the intersection between vernacular architecture, local cultures and modernity and globalization. Focusing on the vast and diverse global region of Australasia and Oceania, it examines the relevance and role of vernacular architecture to contemporary urban planning...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Memmott, Paul (Editor), Ting, John H. S. (Editor), O'Rourke, Tim (Timothy Charles) (Editor), Vellinga, Marcel (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, [2024].
Subjects:	Vernacular architecture > Australasia. Architecture and society > Australasia. Vernacular architecture > Southeast Asia. Architecture and society > Southeast Asia.

Table of Contents:

The Architectural Vernacularisation of Pacific Aid Practice / Charmaine 'Ilaiū Talei
Adaptive Uses of Traditional Windbreaks and Bough Shades for Indigenous Housing in Australia / Timothy O'Rourke
Translating Spaces: Speculative Landscape Futures for New Climate Diasporas / Lizzie Yarina, Penny Allan and Martin Bryant
Appropriating the Native: Shifting Definitions of the Vernacular in Twentieth-Century Philippine Architecture / Edson G. Cabalfin.