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Vernacular Architecture; Definitions; Associations; France; Europe; Africa; Asia Prepared and edited by Igor Sollogoub, intern at UNESCO-ICOMOS Documentation Centre. Préparé et édité par Igor Sollogoub, stagiaire au Centre de Documentation UNESCO-ICOMOS. © UNESCO-ICOMOS Documentation Centre, Mar. 2011 ISBN: 978-2-918086-09-3 ICOMOS - International Council on Monuments and sites / Conseil International des Monuments et des Sites 49-51 rue de la Fédération 75015 Paris FRANCE http://www.international.icomos.org UNESCO-ICOMOS Documentation Centre / Centre de Documentation UNESCO-ICOMOS : http://www.international.icomos.org/centre_documentation/index.html Cover photographs: Photos de couverture : Mali, Pays Dogon © IRD ; habitat troglodytique en Turquie © IRD ; Dordogne, France © Marie-Ange Mat ; Maison construite dans un banian au Vanuatu ©IRD 1 Index 1. Reference texts / Textes de référence 6 2. Generalities / Généralités 6 3. Africa / Afrique 9 Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Cameroon / Cameroun Ethiopia / Ethiopie Ghana Kenya Madagascar Mali Mauritania / Mauritanie Niger Nigeria Senegal / Sénégal Seychelles South Africa / Afrique du Sud United Republic of Tanzania / Tanzanie Zambia / Zambie Zimbabwe 2 4. Latin America and the Carribean 21 Amérique latine et Caraïbes Argentina / Argentine Barbados / Barbade Belize Bolivia / Bolivie Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela / République bolivarienne du Vénézuela Brazil / Brésil Chile / Chili Colombia / Colombie Costa Rica Cuba Dominican Republic / République dominicaine Ecuador / Equateur El Salvador Guatemala Guyana / Guyane Haiti Jamaica / Jamaïque Mexico / Mexique Panama Peru / Pérou Saint Kitts and Nevis / Saint Kitts-et-Névis Saint Vincent and the Grenadines / Saint-vincent-et-les- Grenadines Uruguay 5. Asia and Pacific / Asie et Pacifique 40 Australia / Australie Bhutan / Boutan China / Chine Fiji / Fidji India / Inde Indonesia / Indonésie Iran (Islamic Republic of) / Iran (République islamique d’) Japan / Japon Malaysia / Malaisie Mongolia / Mongolie Nepal / Népal New Zealand / Nouvelle-Zélande Pakistan Philippines Republic of Korea / République de Corée Samoa 3 Singapore / Singapour Sri Lanka Tajikistan / Tadjikistan Thailand / Thaïlande Turkey / Turquie 6. Arab States / Etats arabes 62 Algeria / Algérie Bahrain / Bahrein Egypt / Egypte Iraq Jordan / Jordanie Kuwait / Koweit Lebanon / Liban Lybian Arab Jamahiriya (Lybia) / Jamahiriya arabe libyenne (Lybie) Mauritania / Mauritanie Morocco / Maroc Oman Saudi Arabia / Arabie Saoudite Sudan / Soudan Syrian Arab Republic / République arabe de Syrie Tunisia / Tunisie Yemen 7. Europe and North America / Europe et Amérique du Nord 75 Albania / Albanie Armenia / Arménie Austria / Autriche Belgium / Belgique Bulgaria / Bulgarie Canada Croatia / Croatie Cyprus / Chypre Denmark / Danemark Estonia / Estonie Finland / Finlande France Georgia / Géorgie Germany / Allemagne Greece / Grèce Hungary / Hongrie Ireland / Irlande Italy / Italie 4 Latvia / Lettonie Lithuania / Lituanie Malta / Malte Montenegro / Monténégro Netherlands / Pays-Bas Norway / Norvège Poland / Pologne Portugal Romania / Roumanie Russian Federation / Fédération de Russie San Marino / Saint-Marin Serbia / Serbie Slovakia, Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia / Slovquie, République Tchèque, Tchécoslovaquie Slovenia / Slovénie Spain / Espagne Sweden / Suède Switzerland / Suisse The Republic of Macedonia / République de Macédoine Ukraine United Kingdom / Royaume-Uni United States of America / Etats-Unis d’Amérique 5 Reference Texts / texts de référence Charter on the built vernacular heritage – ICOMOS 1999 Charte du Patrimoine Bâti Vernaculaire - ICOMOS, 1999 http://www.international.icomos.org/charters/vernacular_e.htm (English) http://www.international.icomos.org/charters/vernacular_sp.htm (Spanish) Generalities / Généralités 002480 - Projet de création de centres de recherche sur l'architecture et l'urbanisme vernaculaires. Beurret, Claude. Paris, Fondation postuniversitaire interculturelle, 1984. p. 19-24, illus. (Perspectives Méditerranéennes. 17) (same text in fre, spa, ita, ara, scr). PRIMARY KEYWORDS: vernacular architecture; definitions; associations; France; Europe; Africa; Asia. // Centres de recherche sur l'architecture et l'urbanisme vernaculaires ACCESSION NO: K-232. 003835 - Conflits de la doctrine de conservation et de la conscience de l'identité culturelle et sociale. Stankiewicz, Jerzy. Warsaw, Polish National Committee of International Council on Mounuments and Sites, 1984. p.25-31. (fre). PRIMARY KEYWORDS: philosophy of conservation; cultural identity; social surveys; architectural heritage; protection of cultural heritage; social changes; economic aspects; urban renewal; manor houses; churches; chateaux; vernacular architecture; Poland; Italy. ACCESSION NO: 8162. 003995 - Seminar on vernacular architecture. Helsinki, 1983. Vernacular architecture = l'architecture vernaculaire. Ringbom, Sixten; Sarmela, Matti; Gschwend, Max; Kärki, Pekka; Román, András; Sezgin, Haluk. Helsinki, Finnish National Commission for Unesco, 1984. 76 p, illus., plans. (eng). PRIMARY KEYWORDS: vernacular architecture; cultural identity; definitions; housing; wooden architecture; conservation of historic monuments; Thailand; Europe; Scandinavia; Finland; Hungary; Turkey. // CIAV - ICOMOS // Szalafö (Hungary) // Safranbolu (Turkey) ACCESSION NO: 8214. CALL NO: A.T. 295. ISBN: 951-46-8309-9. ISSN: 0357-1106. 004122 - The World of conservation : an interview with Andrea Bruno. Linstrum, Derek. York, Icomos, 1984. p. 163-180, illus. (Monumentum. 27, 3, Sept.) (eng). PRIMARY KEYWORDS: architects; biographies; theory of conservation; conservation of historic monuments; infill buildings; contemporary architecture; vernacular architecture; Afghanistan; Italy. // Bruno, Andrea - architect restorer ACCESSION NO: K-130. URL: http://www.international.icomos.org/monumentum/vol27-3/vol27-3_1.pdf 004564 - International colloquium on "Earth construction technologies appropriate to developing countries". Brussels, 1984. Synthesis. Oduc, Pascal. Louvain, Centre de Recherches Architecturales, 1984. 171 p, illus., plans. (Case studies on earth construction. 6.2) (eng). Incl. ref. PRIMARY KEYWORDS: adobe; earth architecture; case studies; developing countries; building techniques; adobe; vernacular architecture; architectural projects; architecture history; building materials; economic aspects; social aspects; costing; legislation; building standards; building standards; Belgium. // Habitat - UNCHS ACCESSION NO: 8464 G. CALL NO: Br.C. 062. 6 004566 - International colloquium on "Earth construction technologies appropriate to developing countries". Brussels, 1984. Earth construction primer. Houben, Hugo; Guillaud, Hubert. Louvain, Centre de Recherches Architecturales, 1984. 361 p, plans, maps. (Earth construction primer. 8) (eng). Incl. bibl. PRIMARY KEYWORDS: adobe; earth architecture; case studies; developing countries; building techniques; adobe; vernacular architecture; architecture history; historical surveys; soil surveys; soil properties; soil mechanics; building materials; architectural design; guidelines; earthquake damage; flood damage; flood control; earthquake protection; finishing materials; Belgium. // (HABITAT) United Nations Centre for Human Settlements ACCESSION NO: 8464I. CALL NO: Br.C. 062. 004855 - Colloque sur les monuments historiques demain. Paris, 1984. Table ronde no 1, l'architecture rurale : de la connaissance à la sauvegarde. Chiva, Isac. Paris, Direction du patrimoine, 1984. 10 p. (fre). PRIMARY KEYWORDS: vernacular architecture; theory of conservation; historical surveys; legal protection; prevention of deterioration; France. SECONDARY KEYWORDS: public awareness; inventories; museums; proceedings of conferences. // COREPHAE - Collèges régionaux du patrimoine historique, archéologique et ethnologique (France) // Inventaire général (France) ACCESSION NO: 8401 F. CALL NO: A.T. 310. 005991 - Heritage conservation training seminar. Honolulu, 1982. Heritage conservation training seminar workbook. San Francisco, PATA, 1983. 145 p. (eng). Incl. resolutions. PRIMARY KEYWORDS: conservation of historic monuments; conservation of historic sites; theory of conservation; conservation policy; legislation; vernacular architecture; cultural tourism; USA; Australia; Asia; Japan; Macao; Nepal. // PATA - Pacific Area Travel Association ACCESSION NO: 8648. 006242 - Architecture vernaculaire = Architektura rodzima? Kurzatkowski, Mieczyslaw. Warsaw, Ministerstwo Kultury i Sztuki, 1985. p. 3-16, illus. (Ochrona zabytków. 38, 148) (pol). Incl. ref. PRIMARY KEYWORDS: vernacular architecture; typological analysis; Poland. SECONDARY KEYWORDS: cultural identity; industrial architecture; wooden architecture; conservation policy; terminology. ACCESSION NO: K-150. CALL NO: A.T. 346. 007512 - International symposium on earth architecture. Beijing, 1985. Proceedings of the international symposium on earth architecture. Beijing, ASC, 1985. 530 p, illus. (eng). Proceedings of the international symposium of earth architecture. Incl. addresses of participants, ref. PRIMARY KEYWORDS: adobe; earth architecture; typological analysis; properties of materials; vernacular architecture; deterioration; conservation; structural surveys; cave dwellings; underground houses; building techniques; improvement of living conditions; China; Australia; Tunisia; Nepal; USA; Japan; Algeria; proceedings of conferences. // ASC - Architectural Society of China (China) ACCESSION NO: 9024. CALL NO:
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