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Tag Archives: vernacular architecture
Architecture Du Jour
Blowhard, Esq. writes: Bibury, England. Click on the image to enlarge.
Architecture Du Jour
Blowhard, Esq. writes: Microsoft’s Bing may be the redheaded stepchild of search engines, but each day they feature a new desktop wallpaper that you can download. Some of them look like stills from Architecture Without Architects, which I wrote about here.
Posted in Architecture
Tagged Bernard Rudofsky, traditionalism, urbanism, vernacular architecture
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Who Needs Architects?
Blowhard, Esq. writes: A few weeks ago, inspired by the book Buildings Without Architects, I put together a number posts about vernacular architecture. That book was no doubt inspired by another, Bernard Rudofsky’s Architecture Without Architects. Have any of you read it? I … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art
Tagged anarchism, Bernard Rudofsky, spontaneous order, traditionalism, vernacular architecture
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Architecture Du Jour: The Shaker Style
Blowhard, Esq. writes: The basic standards that defined both the buildings and their interiors were simplicity and utility. The Shakers frowned on any kind of decoration, and they favored pure, clean forms that were highly functional and economic to make. The … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture
Tagged North America, religious art, Shakers, vernacular architecture
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Architecture Du Jour: The Wooden Churches of Chiloe
Blowhard, Esq. writes: The remote, heavily forested Isla de Chiloe [in Chile]…is home to a remarkable set of wood churches, sixteen of which have been recognized by UNESCO World Heritage as “outstanding examples of the successful fusion of European and indigenous … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture
Tagged Catholicism, Chile, Chiloe, churches, South America, traditionalism, vernacular architecture
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Architecture Du Jour: The New Mexico Adobe House
Blowhard, Esq. writes: The history of adobe building in New Mexico has its roots in a period (AD 700-1500) when the Anasazi peoples, who had previously been living in semi underground pit houses, began building single-story houses on the ground, using … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture
Tagged adobe, Anasazi Indians, New Mexico, Pueblo Indians, vernacular architecture
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