Dwellings: The Vernacular House World Wide by Oliver, Paul - 2003

Phaidon Press, Incorporated, 2003. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Phaidon Press, February 2003. Oversized Hardcover . Good/Good. - A fascinating and informative document of the ways in which houses are constructed, decorated and inhabited around the world<BR>- Written by an internationally respected expert on vernacular architecture<BR>- Contains new field research and scholarship<BR>- Coincides with a growth of interest in this field<BR>- Explores anthropological as well as architectural issues<BR>- Beautifully illustrated in colour and black and white, largely by photographs compiled in the course of the author's field research Moderate wear to book and jacket. Wrapped for further preservation.

Phaidon Press, 2003. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Book has slight lean. Short tear to jacket..

Phaidon Press, 2/4/2003. First Edit. Hardcover. Good.

Phaidon Press. New. 2003. Hardcover. 0714842028 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened -- 288 pages. Description: "The architecture of ordinary people represents more than ninety per cent of the world's buildings, including some 800 million homes. Dwellings is about the types and forms of vernacular houses around the world. It documents the form of traditional buildings that are self-built by their owner-occupiers or built by members of a community, recording the means of construction and decoration of the house in many different cultures. First published by Phaidon in 1987, Dwellings, in its new updated, revised and expanded format, takes into account new scholarship in the field, including the author's own fieldwork, and also acknowledges theoretical developments in the areas of cultural geography, gender studies, sociology and… Read More