Vernacular Architecture: Atlas for Living Throughout the World

Foreword p.7, The Dwelling House in Traditional Architecture Christian Schittich p.8, Material and Construction Christian Schittich p.20, Europe: The Low German House Michael Schimek p.42, Half- timbered Buildings in Southern Germany Konrad Bedal p.50, Umgebinde Houses in the Border Triangle Between the Czech Republic, Germany and Poland by Kerstin Richter p.66, The Engadin House by Marc Antoni Nay p.74, Stone Farmsteads in the Ticino Giovanni Buzzi p.80, The Alpine Log Construction Roland Fluckiger-Seiler p.88, Houses with Turf Roofs in Northern Europe Gisle Jakhelln p.94, Tents of Nomadic Hunters and Reindeer Herders in Siberia J. Otto Habeck p.102, The Anatolian-Turkish House Onder Kucukerman p.110, Asia: The Islamic House by Hans Munk Hansen p.122, Dome Houses in Syria Karin Putt p.130, Tower Houses in the Old City of Sana'a by Jan Martin Klessing p.138, Traditional Construction in Nuristan Max Klimburg p.148, Yurts and Black Tents in the High Steppes of Asia Christian Schitrich p.160, The Tulou Buildings in Fujian Qinghua Guo p.172, Weiwu of the Hakka in Fujian Qinghua Guo and Christian Schittich p.182, Tibetan Farmhouses Peter Herrle and Anna Wozniak p.190, Vernacular Building Tradition of India Poonam Verma Mascarenhas p.208, Urban Dwellings in Jaipur, Rajasthan Alain Borie p.218, Vernacular Architecture in Northern Laos Klaus Zwerger and Suchon Mallikamarl p.226, Hanok in Korea: Daniel Tandler p.238, The Minka in Japan Klaus Zwerger p.246, Oceania: Vernacular Forms of Building in Oceania Andrea Rieger-Jandl p.262, Maori Architecture Deidre Brown and Jeremy Treadwell p.272, Tree Houses of the Korowai Roland Garve p.278, Africa: Traditional Forms of Construction in the South of Morocco: Jurgen Adam and Sophie Karst p.288, Building with Clay in the Sahel Region Gert Chesi p.304, The Architecture of the Dogon in Mali and Burkina Faso Oliver Heiss, Wolfgang Lauber, Bamadio Kodio p.314, The Vernacular Architecture of Southern Africa Franco Frescura p.324, America: Building Forms in Indigenous North America Christian Feest p.338, Colonial Architecture in Colombia Gx Samper, Ximena Samper in collaboration with Marieth Castro p.360, Indigenous Architecture and Construction Technology in Mato Grosso Jose Afonso Botura Portocarrero p.266, Glossary p.374, Authors p.378, Picture Credits p.382