An Otla is a vernacular element that occurs in some traditional Gujarati homes. It has many variations known by many names in other parts of India, but generally performs the same function: it marks the transition ...

In semiotics, nature exists and gets transformed in four stages: stage zero being wilderness, one, interpreting, identifying, describing, nature two, material interpretation, translation, and production of nature, and ...

The aspect of gender in the study and analysis of vernacular architecture has often been overlooked for more popular categories such as methods of construction, motifs and ornamentation. But gender being in itself ...

The tobacco plantation in the area of Klaten Regency (Central Java) and Jember Regency (East Java) has many huge barns which dominate the surrounding landscape since the year of 1850s, named Los. Los is for drying ...

Natural heritage of the heart of Europe - landscapes and rich wildlife of Carpathian Mountains - finds itself in the background of numerous monuments of vernacular architecture. These include churches, dwellings and ...

Emulating formal and spatial attributes of extant local building types in the construction. of new habitats is a ubiquitous feature in resettlement housing programs. Merging with the local place and culture as well ...

The paper is based on overview of vernacular architecture of Greater Mumbai. There are numerous vernacular settlements in Greater Mumbai. Their territory can be distinguished in different parts according to the ...

Vernacular architecture of Iran is a result of a long term process of social and cultural development which has expanded all over the country. The hot and humid region of Iran situates in a long and thin coastline of ...

Scholarship on vernacular architecture typically constructs the identity of the vernacular subject in terms of a stable and holistic culture, rooted in place and community. On the other hand, the scholar of vernacular ...

Vernacular architecture has always been the popular and traditional response to the vicissitudes of climate, the use of indigenous materials that are easily available in the surrounding environment and mirror, a reflection ...