Vernacular architecture and regional design : cultural process and environmental response /
Heath, Kingston Wm.
Vernacular architecture and regional design : cultural process and environmental response / Kingston Wm. Heath. - Boston, MS : Elsevier Ltd, 2009. - xxiv, 185 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 25 cm
Includes index. engineering bookfair2015
asection 1. Exploring the nature of place -- section 2. From regional theory to a situated regional response -- pt. 1. People : improving the human condition through design -- pt. 2. Locale : interpreting and accommodating characteristics of an evolving landscape -- pt. 3. Environment : appropriate technologies and design tied to the dynamics of place.
Defines a set of strategies for understanding the complexities of a regional setting and, through a series of international case studies, examines how architects and designers have applied a variety of tactics to achieve culturally and environmentally appropriate design solutions.
9780750659338
2008940779
Vernacular architecture.
Sustainable architecture.
720.103 / H.K.V
Vernacular architecture and regional design : cultural process and environmental response / Kingston Wm. Heath. - Boston, MS : Elsevier Ltd, 2009. - xxiv, 185 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 25 cm
Includes index. engineering bookfair2015
asection 1. Exploring the nature of place -- section 2. From regional theory to a situated regional response -- pt. 1. People : improving the human condition through design -- pt. 2. Locale : interpreting and accommodating characteristics of an evolving landscape -- pt. 3. Environment : appropriate technologies and design tied to the dynamics of place.
Defines a set of strategies for understanding the complexities of a regional setting and, through a series of international case studies, examines how architects and designers have applied a variety of tactics to achieve culturally and environmentally appropriate design solutions.
9780750659338
2008940779
Vernacular architecture.
Sustainable architecture.
720.103 / H.K.V