Vernacular and Earthen Architecture: Conservation and Sustainability

The main topics in this book include vernacular earthen architecture, rehabilitation of vernacular earthen architecture, contemporary earthen architecture, restoration of monumental earthen architecture, lessons from vernacular heritage for a sustainable contemporary architecture and structural analysis of vernacular architecture.

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 sustainability in all their variants and interpretations, and the architecture of the present ought to learn from these when designing the sustainable architecture of the future. The conservation of these architectures seemingly simple yet full of wisdom is to be undertaken now given their intrinsic value and their status as genuine examples of sustainability to be learnt from and interpreted in contemporary architecture.

Vernacular and earthen architecture: Conservation and Sustainability

will be a valuable source of information for academics and professionals in the fields of Environmental Science, Civil Engineering, Construction and Building Engineering and Architecture.

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