Author: Oliver, Paul ; editor:
Title: Shelter and Society
Description: London, Barrie & Jenkins, (1978). Reprint. orig.wrappers. 24x23cm, 167 pp. PAPERBACK.. Textual plans & photos.. Rubbed. A crease to cover. Good. ¶ Contents: Primitive Dwelling & Vernacular Architecture; Documentation & Preservation; Attitudes in the Modern Movement; The Aesthetics of Materials, Structure & Form; The Need for a New Approach; The Norwegian Laftehus; Bernese Middle-land Farmhouses; The Pueblo & the Hogan; Villages on the Black Volta; Oriental Houses in Iraq; The Walled City of Old Delhi; Paliwal Settlements & the Rajasthan Canal Project; Benavides & the Barriada Movement; Ilegal Settlements in Athens; Funk Architecture.

Keywords: Vernacular Architecture, Architectural, Anthropology, Dwellings, Ethnology, Ethnography, Urban History, ,