TY  - BOOK
AU  - Crouch,Dora P.
AU  - Johnson,June Gwendolyn
TI  - Traditions in architecture: Africa, America, Asia, and Oceania 
SN  - 0195088913 (paper : acidfree paper)
U1  - 720.9 22
PY  - 2001///
CY  - New York, Oxford
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Vernacular architecture
KW  - Research
KW  - Africa
KW  - Asia
KW  - Oceania
KW  - America
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-418) and index; Section I Multiplicity and continuity in tradition: form and content; transfer of traditional architectural knowledge. Section II Water, shelter, and food - practial solutions: survival - water, shelter, and food; climate and biology; materials, methods, and architectural form. Section III Purposes of traditional architecture: spaces for daily life; religious architecture - a continuum of meaning; expression of power. Section IV Planning and design: land use; building types and uses; organization and structures. Section V Cultural types: vernacular and monumental combinations; symbolism and ornamentation; architecture and social relations; theories of architecture; architectural decision-making; the economics of building
N2  - An introduction to the architectural achievements of diverse cultures outside the Euro-American tradition. Arranged thematically, it focuses on the basic needs common to all communities, discusses architectural solutions and compares geographically separate buildings and construction traditions
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0603/99039260-d.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0603/99039260-t.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0726/99039260-b.html
ER  -