Vernacular architecture - A term of recent usage indicating, by analogy with language (native, or local dialects) buildings in indigenous styles constructed from locally available materials following traditional building practice and patterns and ...
Vernacular Architecture in China:
Houses and other folk architecture in China take on a variety of forms to provide the need for basic shelter in a widely varied landscape.
Vernacular architecture is the term used to indicate that the architecture is local to the region in which it is found and generated by the people of that region.
Traditional vernacular architecture in Jersey is in granite and such witches' stones can be seen protruding from many older houses.
In this provocative work he defended vernacular architecture-for example, ...
The areas of interest of ICOMOS have now expanded to encompass for example, vernacular architecture, modern architecture, cultural landscapes, maritime archaeology, recording and documentation, and cultural tourism.
Many of the buildings that you will see along the state's highways, country roads, and main streets are examples of vernacular architecture.
Googie style took its cues from Streamline Moderne and commercial vernacular architecture of the 1930s and 1940s. It began as a way to make the most of strip malls and other roadside locations and to catch the eye of passing motorists.
The houses of Sumatra are one of the most distinctive features of the island and are world famous as examples of vernacular architecture. There are many regional house forms representing different cultural traditions, many of which predate Islam.
It represents "non-stylistic" or vernacular architecture, which is constructed by building trades rather than by owners themselves, as in tribal societies. It lacks aesthetic pretensions and individual variations are minor.
 See also: Vernacular, Architecture, House, Arches, Bungalow
  
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