Urban Designer - Vernacular Architect - Maritime Planner - Owner-Builder - Servant of Piglet - Educator - Author - Revolutionary - Peacenik - Tour Guide 

Tony Watkins

 ~ Vernacular Design 

Papers
Folklore Symposium Wellington Print E-mail

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Wolong Valley
There was a time when almost all building was vernacular, just as all flora was specific to climate zones, and all fauna was specific to habitat.
Vernacular buildings mediated between people and place, and place was specific.

 

 

 

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PLEA Passive Low Energy Architecture Print E-mail
ImageChanging negative energy environments into positive energy environments is the primary way of reducing energy demands.
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