Main entry:

Steen, Athena Swentzell, 1961-

Title & Author:

Built by hand : vernacular buildings around the world / written by Athena Steen, Bill Steen, and Eiko Komatsu ; photographs by Yoshio Komatsu.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Salt Lake City : Gibbs Smith, ©2003.

Description:

469 pages : color illustrations ; 22 x 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 471-472).
Introduction -- Earth -- Stone -- Wood -- Bamboo, grasses and other plants -- Thatch -- Materials combined -- Into the earth -- On the water -- Shelter that moves -- Natural conditioning -- Granaries, barns and birds -- Communities, villages and towns -- Places of worship -- Streets -- Entryways -- Windows -- Sculpted features -- Embellishment.
Indexed in the Native American Artists Resource Collection Online, Billie Jane Baguley Library and Archives, Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, at the artist name level (February 8, 2023)

Summary:

This is the most extensive documentation ever published of traditional buildings throughout the world. With examples from every continent, it documents the diverse methods people have used to create shelter. 700 photos.

Resources:
Sample text
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

158685237X
9781586852375

Subject:

House construction.
Dwellings Materials.
Vernacular architecture.
Architecture and society.
Construction industry Appropriate technology.
Dwellings Design and construction.
Habitations Construction.
Habitations Matériaux.
Architecture vernaculaire.
Architecture et société.
Construction Industrie Technologie appropriée.
vernacular architecture.
Woningen.
Architecture Aspect social.
Industrie du bâtiment Technologie appropriée.
Bostadshus.
Bostäder.
Traditional housing
Huts
Appropriate technology.
Dwellings.
Photography 1980-2010.
Japanese photographers.

Added entries:

Steen, Bill.
Komatsu, Eiko.
Komatsu, Yoshio.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 237990
Call No.: TR140.K815 S7 2003
Status: Available