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Author:

May, John.

Title:

Buildings without architects : a global guide to everyday architecture / John May.

Publisher:

Rizzoli,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

192 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Architecture
Architecture--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical reference (p. 186-187) and index.

Contents:

Foreward / Anthony Reid -- Gallery of building media -- Introduction / John May -- From Dutch windmills to German barns -- From Mediterranean caves to Bedouin tents -- From Japanese Minka to Toda huts -- From Zulu indlu to the "Venice of Africa" -- From the plains tipi to frontier log cabins -- From chattel houses to Urus Reed houses -- From Balinese kuren to Maori meetinghouses -- Modern vernacular architecture.

ISBN:

0847833615 (hc.)
9780847833610 (hc.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)609610361

LCCN:

2009936367

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)