The eight essays in this volume, based on years of field observation and research by leading scholars and preservationists, examine Pennsylvania German architecture in light of current scholarship and newly documented buildings. The book features dozens of never-before-published…
"Until 1986, the farmhouse al-'Udhaibat was a tumbledown, neglected mud-brick ruin, no different from many other such old buildings which have survived in Saudi Arabia. It was unmaintained and-- as all buildings of sun-dried mud will, if left-- was quietly sliding into oblivion.…
"In the years before the Revolutionary War, intrepid frontiersmen with roots in northern Ireland claimed vast tracts of land in Kentucky. These aristocratic families developed plantations and built stone houses that became the centerpieces of their properties. In Early Stone Hou…
by International Conference on Vernacular Earthen Architecture, Conservation and Sustainability, Valensia, Spain), International Conference on Rammed Earth Conservation, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia), International Conference on Vernacular Heritage, Sustainability and Earthen Architecture, Valencia, Spain)
Vernacular architecture in general and earthen architecture in particular, with their rich variety of forms worldwide, are custodians of the material culture and identity of the peoples who built them. In addition, they are widely recognized as ancestral examples of sustainabili…
