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"This small but comprehensive book documents the rich cultural past of vernacular building styles, from Irish sod houses to sub-Saharan wattle-and-daub huts and redwoods treehouses. It offers inspiration for home woodworking enthusiasts as well as architects, conservationists, and anyone interested in energy-efficient building and sustainability. The variety and ingenuity of the world?s vernacular building traditions are richly illustrated, and the materials and techniques are explored. With examples from every continent, the book documents the diverse methods people have used to create shelter from locally available natural materials, and shows the impressively handmade finished products through diagrams, cross-sections, and photographs. Unlike modern buildings that rely on industrially produced materials and specialized tools and techniques, the everyday architecture featured here represents a rapidly disappearing genre of handcrafted and beautifully composed structures that are irretrievably of their place. These structures are the work of unsung and often anonymous builders that combine artistic beauty, practical form, and necessity.

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Igloos, tentes touareg, maisons troglodytes, huttes en bouse de vache, yourtes ou encore maisons-bateaux. Autant d'habitats toujours plus surprenants à découvrir, dans ce véritable tour du monde architectural, ethnologique et social. Igloos, tentes touareg, maisons troglodytes, huttes en bouse de vache, yourtes ou encore maisons-bateaux. Autant d'habitats toujours plus surprenants à découvrir, dans ce véritable tour du monde architectural, ethnologique et social. Caroline Laffon présente les différents types de maisons que l'on construit encore aujourd'hui à travers le monde, selon des techniques et avec des matériaux traditionnels. Elle explique aussi les modes de vie et les croyances qui y sont associés. Avec des photos de grands photographes de l'agence Rapho, qui susciteront l'étonnement et l'émerveillement. Igloos, tentes touareg, maisons troglodytes, huttes en bouse de vache, yourtes ou encore maisons-bateaux. Autant d'habitats toujours plus surprenants à découvrir, dans ce véritable tour du monde architectural, ethnologique et social. Caroline Laffon présente les différents types de maisons que l'on construit encore aujourd'hui à travers le monde, selon des techniques et avec des matériaux traditionnels. Elle explique aussi les modes de vie et les croyances qui y sont associés

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Vernacular architecture, tangible and intangible heritage of great importance to European and global culture, represents the response of a society linked to its territory, in terms of climate and landscape. Its construction features are born from the practical experience of the inhabitants, making use of local materials, taking into consideration geographical conditions and cultural, social and constructive traditions, based on the conditions of the surrounding nature and habitat. Above all, it plays an essential role in contemporary society as it is able to teach us important principles and lessons for a respectful sustainable architecture.

Architecture vernaculaire