John May Consultant editor: Anthony Reid

HANDMADE HOUSES & OTHER BUILDINGS THEWORLD OF

*fy Thames & Hudson CONTENTS

Foreword by Anthony Reitl 6 Gallery of Building Media 8 Introduction by John May 42

BUILDINGS OF EUROPE & EURASIA 46 BUILDINGS OF NORTH AMERICA 120

Sami Gamme & Goatte 48 Inuit 122 Hebridean Black House 50 Haida Plank House 124 Cruck-Frame Buildings 52 Plains Indian 126 Cob House 54 Big Bam 128 Hallenhaus Housebarn 56 l-House, Cracker House & Saltbox 130 Early Dutch Windmills 58 132 Later Dutch Windmills 60 Shaker-Style Buildings 134 Russian Izba 62 New Mexican Adobe House 136 Wooden Churches 64 BUILDINGS OF LATIN AMERICA 138 Slovenian Hayrack & Bee-House 66 Tzotzil Chukal Na 140 BUILDINGS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN Caribbean Chattel House 142 & MIDDLE EAST 68 Yanomami Shabano 144

. Stone House 70 Paisa House 146 Mediterranean Cave Dwellings 72 Urus Reed House 148 Cappadocian Cave Dwellings 74 Wooden Churches of Chiloe 150 Black 76 Yemen Tower House 78 BUILDINGS OF AUSTRALASIA & OCEANIA 152 Marsh Arab Reed House 80 Iranian Desert Towns 82 Balinese Kuren 154 Kalinga Octagonal House 156 BUILDINGS OF ASIA 84 Toraja 158 Japanese Minka 86 Korowai Treefiouse 160 Japanese Townhouse 88 Abelam Spirit House 162 Chinese Yao Dong 90 Aboriginal 164 Fujian Tulou 92 Maori Meeting-House 166 Mongolian Ger 94 Samoan Fale Tele 168 Lhasa Buildings 96 Indian Stepped Ponds & Stepwelis 98 MODERN VERNACULAR Toda 100 ARCHITECTURE 170 Brazilian Squatter Settlements 172 BUILDINGS OF SUB-SAHARAN Indian & Filipino Squatter Settlements 174 AFRICA 102 Earthships 176 Great Mosque of Djenne 104 Bottle Buildings 178 MousgoumToIek 106 Natural Building 180 Ganvie Stilt Village 108 Vernacular Revivals 182 Batammaliba 110 RendilleMin 112 Glossary 184 Zafimaniry House 114 Resources 186 Zulu Indlu 116 Index 188 Ndebele Painted House 118 Acknowledgments 192