Learn how climate change threatens the traditional building techniques of vernacular architecture, as seen in Tiébélé's ...

Vernacular architecture can be defined as a type of local or regional construction, using traditional materials and resources from the area where the building is located. Consequently, this ...

Set within the dense, historic fabric of a village in inland Andalusia, this house reinterprets Mediterranean vernacular ...

Editor’s note: The following is one of a series of columns to run throughout the summer from the Butte Citizens for Preservation and Revitalization. The vernacular — most of us know the term as ...

Perspectives in Vernacular Architecture (PVA) aims to bring the most recent scholarship on vernacular architecture to the academic and professional community. PVA appeared in book format from 1982 to ...

Merging contemporary design and traditional elements, the house, named Disneyland, reinterprets the regional vernacular. The building policies in the village of Zutzendorf in France insist on building ...

Chicago is known around the world for its tall skyscrapers, but some of Chicago’s greatest architecture is often found throughout the city’s neighborhoods. Chicago neighborhood streets have a unique ...

Whenever I go to a new city, I like to look at its identifying buildings. I don't mean the formal attractions — museums, basilicas, libraries, and so on — but the ordinary and yet very particular ...

In so many ways, the world has never been smaller than it is right now. From global trade and long-haul flights to Facebook and Google, systems operate across every continent with less friction than ...

Vietnamese Firm H&P Architects builds a prototype house to keep inhabitants safe from floods, rainstorms, and more. Why Architecture Needs to Take Advantage of Natural Resources Environmentally ...

Host Renee Montagne talks with Jim Heimann, the author of California Crazy and Beyond, a book about the lost art of wacky roadside architecture. Heimann has traced the history of some of the state's ...