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- catalog abstract ""This is the first systematic survey of the architecture of Yemen, covering the full range of vernacular building types, styles, and materials found throughout the country. It may also be the last look at this architecture in its purest, most homogeneous form as Yemen becomes increasingly susceptible to the Western influences which have already begun to alter the environments of its richer neighbors on the Arabian Peninsula. The carefully chosen photographs and line drawings make this a definitive reference book for architects, travelers, and readers interested in a remarkably varied and elaborate architectural tradition. Part one, Space and Form, covers the environment and its control through dams, terraces, wells, and moats; the basic types of shelters from tents and caves to the remarkable "tower houses" (commonly six stories high) and the basic types of settlements from desert outgrowths and hilltop hamlets to urban centers of trade and polity; building methods and materials, including mud, plaster, stone, and brick; and architectural elements such as roofs, walls, gratings, doors, and windows (many with brilliantly colored glass). The book's second part, Regional Surveys, notes architectural variations and distributions from the coastal strip to the midlands, highlands, and plateau, and includes a separate chapter on urban development." http://books.google.com/books?id=ylpQAAAAMAAJ.".
- catalog contributor b1173291.
- catalog created "c1982.".
- catalog date "1982".
- catalog date "c1982.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1982.".
- catalog description ""This is the first systematic survey of the architecture of Yemen, covering the full range of vernacular building types, styles, and materials found throughout the country. It may also be the last look at this architecture in its purest, most homogeneous form as Yemen becomes increasingly susceptible to the Western influences which have already begun to alter the environments of its richer neighbors on the Arabian Peninsula. The carefully chosen photographs and line drawings make this a definitive reference book for architects, travelers, and readers interested in a remarkably varied and elaborate architectural tradition. Part one, Space and Form, covers the environment and its control through dams, terraces, wells, and moats; the basic types of shelters from tents and caves to the remarkable "tower houses" (commonly six stories high) and the basic types of settlements from desert outgrowths and hilltop hamlets to urban centers of trade and polity; building methods and materials, including mud, plaster, stone, and brick; and architectural elements such as roofs, walls, gratings, doors, and windows (many with brilliantly colored glass). The book's second part, Regional Surveys, notes architectural variations and distributions from the coastal strip to the midlands, highlands, and plateau, and includes a separate chapter on urban development." http://books.google.com/books?id=ylpQAAAAMAAJ.".
- catalog description "Controlling the environment -- Shelter and settlement -- The house -- Materials and techniques -- Coastal strip (Tihama) -- Midlands and highlands -- Eastern highlands and plateau -- Syntheses.".
- catalog extent "292 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Art of building in Yemen.".
- catalog identifier "0262220253 :".
- catalog isFormatOf "Art of building in Yemen.".
- catalog isPartOf "Art and archaeology research papers".
- catalog issued "1982".
- catalog issued "c1982.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge, Mass. ; London, England : MIT Press,".
- catalog relation "Art of building in Yemen.".
- catalog spatial "Yemen (Republic)".
- catalog spatial "Yemen.".
- catalog subject "Architecture Arid regions Yemen (Republic)".
- catalog subject "Architecture Arid regions Yemen.".
- catalog subject "Architecture, Domestic Arid regions Yemen (Republic)".
- catalog subject "Architecture, Domestic Arid regions Yemen.".
- catalog subject "NA1470 .V37 1982".
- catalog subject "Vernacular architecture Yemen (Republic)".
- catalog subject "Vernacular architecture Yemen.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Controlling the environment -- Shelter and settlement -- The house -- Materials and techniques -- Coastal strip (Tihama) -- Midlands and highlands -- Eastern highlands and plateau -- Syntheses.".
- catalog title "Art of building in Yemen / Fernando Varanda.".
- catalog type "text".