Homemade Houses: Traditional Houses from Many Lands - Couverture souple

Nicholson, John

 
9781863735162: Homemade Houses: Traditional Houses from Many Lands

Synopsis

Tents, yurts, igloos, mudhifs, fales, minkas, log houses, Queenslanders ...How are they made, and why? A fascinating look at how people from all around the world have used local materials to build houses that suit their particular environment and way of life. All the houses in this book are still in use today, but the traditional styles and methods are being replaced by standardised modern ones. Soon, many of these beautiful buildings will be gone for ever. This book celebrates the ingenuity and diversity of homemade houses.

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À propos de l'auteur

John Nicholson lives in an unusual house that he designed and built with his partner on a hilltop near Melbourne.

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9781863734899: Homemade Houses: Traditional Homes from Many Lands

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1863734899 ISBN 13 :  9781863734899
Editeur : Allen & Unwin, 1993
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