Traditional buildings of India

By:

Cooper, Ilay

Contributor(s):

Dawson, Barry

Language: ENG Publication details: London Thames & Hudson 1998Description: 192 Pages | Binding- Hard Bound |ISBN:

9780500341612

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

720.954 DAW/COD DDC23

Summary: This is a survey of the diverse vernacular buildings of each region of India in their historical and traditional contexts. Whether creating family houses or village temples, grain stores or fine mansions, the Indian builder works according to ancient and sometimes religious practice, with whatever materials are to hand. The country's extraordinary range of buildings - mud-plastered, reed-thatched, timber-framed - is as varied as India's geography itself, from the cold dry Himalayas in the North and barren deserts in the West, to the sweltering bamboo groves and rice fields of the South.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	School of Architecture General Stacks	Circulation	720.954 DAW/COD (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	A0521
Books	School of Architecture General Stacks	Circulation	720.954 DAW/COD (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	A1237

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This is a survey of the diverse vernacular buildings of each region of India in their historical and traditional contexts. Whether creating family houses or village temples, grain stores or fine mansions, the Indian builder works according to ancient and sometimes religious practice, with whatever materials are to hand. The country's extraordinary range of buildings - mud-plastered, reed-thatched, timber-framed - is as varied as India's geography itself, from the cold dry Himalayas in the North and barren deserts in the West, to the sweltering bamboo groves and rice fields of the South.

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