Meaning of vernacular architecture | Babel Free

Definitions

A class of architectural styles which meet local needs, use local construction materials and reflect local traditions.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“Vernacular architecture scholars have⟳ increasingly studied the products of automobile tourism, although often with a wink of the eye or with tongue planted in cheek.”

“To be bathed in, however, the sea also had to be entered, and Western countries developed a range of alternative vernacular architectures designed to provide⟳ access to the ocean.”

“The first challenge⟳ to encounter, when addressing a comprehensive understanding of the vernacular architecture problematic, is to try⟳ to understand⟳ the etymological sense⟳ and the epistemological mean⟳ of the term. This paper intends to approach⟳ the evolution of the ‘vernacular architecture’ designation, and to reflect⟳ about its current conceptual application, considering its most substantial ideological divergences over time.”

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