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Design and the Vernacular
Interpretations for Contemporary Architectural Practice and Theory
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How have Indigenous building traditions shaped modern building practices? What can the study of vernacular architecture contribute to debates about sustainable development? How has vernacular architecture been used to argue for postcolonial modernisation – and what has been the effect on heritage and conservation? Design and...
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Addresses the relevance and role of vernacular architecture to contemporary urban planning and architectural practice using case studies across Australasia and Oceania.
Addresses the relevance and role of vernacular architecture to contemporary urban planning and architectural practice using case studies across Australasia and Oceania.
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Description
How have Indigenous building traditions shaped modern building practices?
What can the study of vernacular architecture contribute to debates about sustainable development?
How has vernacular architecture been used to argue for postcolonial modernisation – and what has been the effect on heritage and conservation?
Design and the Vernacular explores how the vernacular architecture of Australasia and Oceania intersects with modernity and globalisation – challenging assumptions about vernacular architecture being anachronistic and static, and instead demonstrating how it can shape contemporary architecture, nation building, and cultural identities.
Sixteen chapters by architects, designers, and theorists, including Indigenous writers, explore different facets of vernacular architecture amid the context of rapid political, economic, technological, social, and environmental changes. The result offers valuable lessons and case studies for architects across the globe, and for anyone interested in how the vernacular can inform contemporary urban planning and architectural design.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781350294318
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 20 February 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Illustration: 65 bw illus
Contributors:
- Edited by Paul Memmott
- Edited by John Ting
- Edited by Tim O’Rourke
- Edited by Professor Marcel Vellinga
Audience: Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 22.0mm
Width: 190.0mm
Height: 244.0mm
Weight: 889g
Pages: 320
About the Author
Paul Memmott is a trans-disciplinary researcher (architect/anthropologist) and the Director of the Aboriginal Environments Research Centre (AERC) and the Indigenous Design Place (IDP) at the University of Queensland, Australia.
John Ting is an architect, researcher and educator. He teaches in the architecture program at the University of Canberra, Australia.
Tim O’Rourke is Health Safety and Wellness Chair and Senior Lecturer in Architecture at the University of Queensland, Australia.
Marcel Vellinga is Professor of Anthropology of Architecture at Oxford Brookes University, UK.
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