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Tibetan houses : vernacular architecture of the Himalayas and environs

Title
Tibetan houses : vernacular architecture of the Himalayas and environs / Peter Herrle, Anna Wozniak ; with contributions from Daniel Rudolf Becker, Peter Berten, Nadja Borschewski, Giacomo Ceccarelli and Lena Marike Wellmann.
Author
Herrle, Peter
Publication
Berlin ; Boston : Birkhäuser Verlag GmbH, part of Walter de Gruyter GmbH, [2017]

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Additional Authors
Wozniak, Anna
Description
300 pages : illustrations, maps, plans; 34 cm
Summary
"The region of the Himalayas and the adjoining Tibetan plateau is known for its unique and characteristic vernacular architecture and housing culture which is slowly but surely disappearing.The book analyses 19 traditional houses in the region that respond in diverse ways to the specifics of their location and local climate, and presents a comparative study of the construction elements using photographs and hand-drawn construction details"--
Subject
  • Architecture, Domestic > Tibet Region > Designs and plans
  • Architecture, Domestic > Himalaya Mountains Region > Designs and plans
  • Vernacular architecture > Tibet Region > Designs and plans
  • Vernacular architecture > Himalaya Mountains Region > Designs and plans
  • ARCHITECTURE / General
  • ARCHITECTURE / Regional
  • ARCHITECTURE / Methods & Materials
  • Architecture, Domestic
  • Vernacular architecture
  • Tibet Region
  • Himalaya Mountains Region
Genre/Form
Architectural drawings
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 294-297).
Contents
Introduction : Geographical setting ; Missionaries, explorers, researchers -- Ladakh : Farkethang Gongma house in Nurla ; Dakchanga house in Tar -- Central Tibet: U-Tsang : House in Lhasa ; Gye Tsang house in Lhoka ; Sanje Shigar house in Kongpo ; Eastern Tibet: Kham and Amdo : Wooden house near Parlung Tsangpo ; Timber log house near Lhagu Glacier ; Dromi Tsang house in Dabpa ; Langtse Tsang house in Chatreng ; House in Kandze ; Gesang Tsang house in Dawu ; Tchare Lumbu house in Minya ; Stone house in Gyalrong ; Rammed earth house in Chentsa -- Bhutan : Stone house in Ura ; Rammed earth house in Eutsa -- Khumbu : Stone house in Thame -- Dolpo : Rammed earth house in Khoma ; Stone house in Ringmo -- Structural design : Enveloping the interior: structural diversity ; Levels and covers: ceiling ; Bearing the loads: posts and beams ; The outer shell: stone, mud, timber ; Opening the wall: doors and windows ; Decorating the facade: crowns and cornices ; Closing the top: flat and sloped roofs ; Up and down: stairs and ladders -- Tibetan houses: vanishing or changing?
ISBN
  • 9783035610314
  • 3035610312
  • 9783035608588 (ePub ebook) (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2017040927
OCLC
  • on1002693025
  • 1002693025
  • SCSB-8879661
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library