By Allen G. Noble
На основе непрерывного профессионального и личного интереса автором создан данный обзор структурных форм и культурных функций традиционных жилищ. В своём роде эта книгапредставляет собой уникальный обзор народной архитектуры во всем мире.Читатель приглашается на увлекательную экскурсию по традиционной здания во всем мире, которая включает в себя пещерные дома в центральном Китае, свайные дома на побережье Дагомеи, housebarns Европы и Северной Америки, иранские башни ветров и многое другое.
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She calls attention to the 1845 Campbell house in Lexington, Virginia, which has four false windows on its gable end. The window tax of 1697 to 1851 in Britain is offered by Campbell house guides as the explanation for this Virginia feature, but in fact no window tax was ever levied in Virginia. fm Page 39 Wednesday, December 13, 2006 12:49 PM Function and Form 39 Window taxes were, however, levied in Britain in the 17th (Cook 1971, 46), 18th and early 19th centuries (Camesasca 1971, 6), in Ireland beginning in 1810 (Gailey 1984, 34; Patterson 1960, 11), and were employed in some parts of the New World (Eberlein 1921, 140).
Between the poles of folk and academic architecture lies a vast area into which most buildings fall in any classification scheme. Designated as popular or eclectic architecture, these structures combine components of various architectural styles, sometimes together with elements from traditional building. John Warren and Ihsan Fethi (1982, 21) have summed up this relationship quite nicely: There is an indefinite threshold between vernacular building and conscious architecture. The vernacular is the work of the people, the users, without the aid of designers.
Cattle were negotiable and could be translated into cash, and one reason they were negotiable was that they were mobile” (Jackson 1984, 92). In Barbados, original chattel houses could be disassembled, lifted in parts onto a cart, and easily moved. Over time, rear room units were added to accommodate additional family members. fm Page 36 Wednesday, December 13, 2006 12:49 PM 36 Traditional Buildings 2-13. Add-on houses are typical of Polish neighborhoods in Buffalo, NY. Additions were added as the family expanded, and also to provide additional sleeping rooms for single male boarders (from Noble 1992a, 24).