Lessons from Vernacular Architecture

The architectural community has had a strong and continuing interest in traditional and vernacular architecture. Lessons from Vernacular Architecture takes lessons directly from traditional and vernacular architecture and offers them to the reader as guidance and inspiration for new buildings. The appropriate technical and social solutions provided by vernacular and traditional architecture are analysed in detail. International case studies focus on environmental design aspects of traditional architecture in a broad range of climatic conditions and building types.

Cover; Lessons from Vernacular Architecture; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; Introduction; Part I Bioclimatic Facets of Vernacular Architecture; 1 The four elements of Santorini's architecture; 2 A lesson in urban design from Dakhleh Oasis; 3 Windows as environmental modifiers in the vernacular architecture of Lebanon; 4 The historic hammāms of Damascus and Fez; 5 Climatic design of Islamic bath buildings; 6 The environmental performance of a traditional courtyard house in China.

7 Courtyards and transitional spaces in Turkish traditional architecturePart II Vernacular Architecture as Model; 8 Applying the lessons of Indian vernacular architecture: the bungalow; 9 Lighting features in Japanese traditional architecture; 10 Inspiration from the vernacular in the architecture of Luis Barragán; 11 The new vernacular of Severiano Porto in the Amazon; 12 Comparison of traditional Thai houses with contemporary designs; 13 Environmentally responsive architecture for rural Northern Ireland; 14 The vernacular as a model for sustainable design; Index.