Invitation to Vernacular Architecture: A Guide to the Study of Ordinary Buildings and Landscapes by Carter, Thomas

Invitation to Vernacular Architecture: A Guide to the Study of Ordinary Buildings and Landscapes (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781572333314)

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Invitation to Vernacular Architecture: A Guide to the Study of Ordinary Buildings and Landscapes by Carter, Thomas

Invitation to Vernacular Architecture: A Guide to the Study of Ordinary Buildings and Landscapes

$27.95
Invitation to Vernacular Architecture: A Guide to the Study of Ordinary Buildings and Landscapes by Carter, Thomas

Invitation to Vernacular Architecture: A Guide to the Study of Ordinary Buildings and Landscapes

$27.95
Format: Paperback
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Invitation to Vernacular Architecture: A Guide to the Study of Ordinary Buildings and Landscapes, is a manual for exploring and interpreting vernacular architecture, the common buildings of particular regions and time periods. Thomas Carter and Elizabeth Collins Cromley provide a comprehensive introduction to the field.Proposing a methodology, Invitation to Vernacular Architecture provides a systematic approach to vernacular architecture fieldwork. The authors walk readers through the process of examining and documenting a building, explaining in detail how to define a research area and create a research plan. They guide students step-by-step in how to take accurate measurements of sites and of building exteriors and interiors and explain what to look for at each level. They show how to find patterns and how to organize information to yield sound interpretations of buildings' meanings. As a complement to this practical approach, Carter and Cromley present current scholarship on vernacular architecture and explain the need for a broad theoretical perspective. They show how analysis of facts related to a building can reveal important insights into the behavior and culture of people who lived in a certain area at a certain time. The authors then present a single ordinary house as a case study to explore the different points of view that scholars have brought to the study of vernacular architecture.Rich with illustrations and written in a clear and jargon-free style, Invitation to Vernacular Architecture is an ideal text for courses in architecture, material culture studies, historic preservation, American studies, and history, and a useful guide for anyone interested in the built environment.

Author: Thomas Carter, Elizabeth Collins Cromley
ISBN-10: 1572333316
ISBN-13: 9781572333314
Publisher: University of Tennessee Press
Language: English
Published: 10/24/2005
Pages: 154
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 10.18h x 7.88w x 0.41d
By Thomas Carter
By Thomas Carter
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Thomas Carter is associate professor of architecture at the University of Utah. He is the editor of Images of an American Land: Studies in the Vernacular Architecture of the Western United States, a past president of the Vernacular Architecture Forum, and co-editor of two volumes in the Perspectives in Vernacular Architecture series.Elizabeth Collins Cromley is professor of architectural history at Northeastern University. She is a past president of the Vernacular Architecture Forum, author of Alone Together: A History of New York's Early Apartments, and the co-editor of Gender, Class, and Shelter and Shaping Communities, both in the Perspectives in Vernacular Architecture series.

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