Vernacular Architecture & Landscape Architecture: Resource Guide

Vernacular architecture and landscape architecture, often called "ordinary" or "traditional" built environment, is a subject which crosses many disciplines: architecture, landscape architecture, historic preservation, building science, cultural anthropology, urban geography, archaeology, material culture, history, folklore, and human geography among them. As a result, information about vernacular architecture can be found in a variety of libraries and resources on campus.

Only selected general materials are listed here; in fact, specific sources are generally excluded from this guide. Terms related to a particular building material (e.g. straw, adobe), a stylistic term (e.g. Shaker, Safavid), or cultural descriptor (e.g. nomads, Haida) will lead to additional worthwhile material, even when the main focus is not architecture per se, and should be searched as well.

Compiled by Claire Dannenbaum, Reference Intern, and Elizabeth Byrne.
December, 2000. Updated January 2008.

Books in this section are examples of materials that provide guidance on the methods, principles and procedures of studying vernacular architecture. For broader scope, see the Methodology section of the Environmental Design Library Guide: History of Architecture.

Analyzing activity areas, an ethnoarchaeological study of the use of space / Susan Kent. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1984.
Anth CC79.E85.K46 1984

Approaches to the study of traditional dwellings and settlements / Desmond Clark ... [et al.]. Berkeley, CA: Center for Environmental Design Research, University of California at Berkeley, 1989. Traditional dwellings and settlements working paper series, v. 4.
EnvDesign NA7100 .T74 v.4 Periodical stacks

Changing methodologies in the field of traditional-environment research / William Bechhoefer ... [et al.]. Berkeley, CA: Center for Environmental Design Research, University of California, Berkeley, 1994. Traditional dwellings and settlements working paper series; v. 61.
EnvDesign NA7100 .T74 v.61 Periodical stacks

Close-up, how to read the American city / Grady Clay. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1980. A Phoenix book P863.
EnvDesign HT153.C5851 1980
Moffitt HT153.C585 1980 (Main Stack, Level D West)

Everyday architecture of the Mid-Atlantic, looking at buildings and landscapes / Gabrielle M. Lanier and Bernard L. Herman. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997. Creating the North American landscape.
EnvDesign NA717.L36 1997

The favored circle: the social foundations of architectural distinction, by Garry Stevens. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1998.
EnvDesign NA2543.S6.S67 1998

Houses and homes, exploring their history / Barbara J. Howe ... [et al.]. Nashville, Tenn.: American Association for State and Local History, 1987. Nearby history series; 2.
EnvDesign E180.H681 1987 reference

In small things forgotten : an archaeology of early American life / James Deetz ; illustrated by Amy Elizabeth Grey. Rev. and expanded ed. New York: Anchor Books/Doubleday, 1996.
Anthropol and Moffitt F6 .D43 1996

Instructions for recording historical resources (PDF), California Office of Historic Preservation. Sacramento: Office of Historic Preservation, 1995.
EnvDesign NA107.C2.C35 1995
http://www.ohp.parks.ca.gov/pages/1054/files/manual95.pdf

Interpretation of historic sites / William T. Alderson, Shirley Payne Low. Nashville : American Association for State and Local History, 1976.
EnvDesign E159.A361

The Interpretation of ordinary landscapes, geographical essays, by D. W. Meinig, editor; J. B. Jackson ... [et al. New York : Oxford University Press, 1979.
EnvDesign , Moffitt GF90.I57

"Interpretation of vernacular architecture", by Roderick J. Lawrence in Vernacular Architecture, vol. 14, 1983, p. 19-28. a critical review.
EnvDesign NA1.A1V4, vol. 14, bound periodical stacks

Invitation to archaeology. With illus. by Eric G. Engstrom. [1st ed.]. Garden City, N.Y., Published for the American Museum of Natural History [by] the Natural History Press, 1967.
Anthropol and Moffitt CC75 .D4

Landscape in sight, looking at America, by John Brinckerhoff Jackson; edited by Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1997.
EnvDesign GF91.U6.J317 1997

Learning from things: method and theory of material culture studies /edited by W. David Kingery. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1996.
Anthro GN406 .L43 1996

Material culture: a research guide / edited by Thomas J. Schlereth. Lawrence, Kan.: University Press of Kansas, 1985.
Anthro, EnvDesign , Main Stks E161.M351 1985

Measured drawing for architects / Robert Chitham. London: Architectural Press, 1980.
EnvDesign NA2700.C48

Methodological analysis of traditional environments / Anne Hublin ... [et al.]. Berkeley, CA: Center for Environmental Design Research, University of California at Berkeley, 1989. Traditional dwellings and settlements working paper series; v. 2.
EnvDesign NA7100 .T74 v.2 Periodical stacks

Methods of traditional - environment research / Eeva Aarrevaara ... [et al.]. Berkeley, CA : Center for Environmental Design Research, University of California, Berkeley, 1994. Traditional dwellings and settlements working paper series; v. 62.
EnvDesign NA7100 .T74 v.62 Periodical stacks

Methods of traditional environment research: ideology, philosophy and representation / Rachel Fletcher ... [et al.]. Berkeley, Calif : Center for Environmental Design Research, University of California, Berkeley, 1994. Traditional dwellings and settlements working paper series; v. 65.
EnvDesign NA7100 .T74 v.65 Periodical stacks

Nearby history, exploring the past around you / David E. Kyvig and Myron A. Marty. 2nd ed. Walnut Creek, CA : AltaMira Press, c2000. American Association for State and Local History book series.
EnvDesign E180.5.N98 2000

Public places, exploring their history / Gerald A. Danzer. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press, published in cooperation with the American Association for State and Local History, c1997. American Association for State and Local History book series. Nearby history series.
EnvDesign E180.D36 1997

The pursuit of local history, readings on theory and practice / edited by Carol Kammen. Walnut Creek, Calif. : AltaMira Press, c1996. American Association for State and Local History book series
Moffitt E160.P87 1996 (Main Stack, Level D West)

Reading architectural plans : for residential and commercial construction / Ernest R. Weidhaas. 5th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ : Prentice Hall, c2002.
EnvDesign NA7115 .W44 2002

Real places, an unconventional guide to America's generic landscape, by Grady Clay. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994.
EnvDesign E169.04.C57 1994

Right before your eyes, penetrating the urban environment / Grady Clay. Washington, D.C.: American Planning Association; Chicago, Ill.: Planners Press, 1987.
EnvDesign HT153 .C58571 1987

Town architecture, Blacksburg: understanding a Virginia town / Donna Dunay; [Blacksburg, Va.] : Town of Blacksburg, the College of Architecture and Urban Studies, and the Extnesion Division, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1986.
Env Dsgn HT 167.5.V8. D85 1986

Traditions in architecture: Africa, America, Asia, and Oceania / Dora P. Crouch, June G. Johnson. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001.
EnvDesign NA208.C76 2001.

Understanding ordinary landscapes / edited by Paul Groth and Todd W. Bressi. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1997.
EnvDesign GF90.U53 1997

American vernacular design, 1870-1940 / Herbert Gottfried, Jan Jennings. Ames : Iowa State University Press, 1988.
EnvDesign NA710 .G681 1988

Companion encyclopedia of anthropology / edited by Tim Ingold. London; New York : Routledge, 1994. Routledge reference. Introductory essays on topics such as "spatial organization," and "the built environment," with bibliographies.
Anthro GN25.C65 1994 Reference

Dictionary of concepts in human geography / Robert P. Larkin and Gary Peters; Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1983. Series title: Reference sources for the social sciences and humanities no. 2.
EnvDesign GF4 .L37 1983 Reference
Bus&Econ , Main GF4 .L37 1983

Dictionary of Islamic architecture / Andrew Petersen. London ; New York : Routledge, 1996.
EnvDesign NA380 .P43 1996 Reference

Encyclopedia of cultural anthropology / editors, David Levinson, Melvin Ember. New York : Henry Holt and Co., 1996. Organized by topic with excellent coverage of architecture, environmental anthropology, ethno-archaeology, environmental behavior, and bibliographies.
Anthro, Doe Info Center GN307.E52 1996 Ref/Ency

Encyclopedia of urban America : the cities and suburbs / Neil Larry Shumsky, editor. Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c1998. EnvDesign HT123 .E5 1998 Reference v.1-2 (1998)

Encyclopedia of vernacular architecture of the world / edited by Paul Oliver. Cambridge, U.K.; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997.
EnvDesign NA208 .E53 1997 Reference v.1-3 (1997)

Encyclopedia of world cultures, David Levinson, editor in chief. Boston, Mass.: G.K. Hall, 1991-96. 10 vols. (Vol. 10 is index to set, which is organized by cultures; includes section on settlements and bibliography for each culture.)
Anthropology GN550.E53 1991 Ref/Ency; Doe Info Center

Glossary of urban form / edited by Peter J. Larkham and Andrew N. Jones. [Birmingham] : Urban Morphology Research Group, School of Geography, University of Birmingham, [1991].
EnvDesign HT371 .G58 1991 Reference

Grove dictionary of art online UC Only [Basingstoke, U.K.?]: Macmillan Publishers Ltd.; New York: Grove's Dictionaries, Inc., 1999. Also available in print as The dictionary of art, editor, Jane Turner. New York : Grove, 1996, 34 vols. (Vol. 34 is index.) Excellent coverage of vernacular architecture.
EnviDsgn N31.D5 1996 Reference

The visual dictionary of American domestic architecture / Rachel Carley; illustrations by Ray Skibinski and Ed Lam. New York : Henry Holt and Co., 1994.
EnvDesign NA7205 .C27 1994 Reference

Worldmark encyclopedia of cultures and daily life / Timothy L. Gall, editor. Detroit: Gale, 1998. 4 vols. Organized by culture; includes excellent background information and bibliographies.
Anthro GN333.W67 1998 Ref/Ency; Doe Info Center

This is a selective list of collective bibliographies on vernacular architecture. For bibliographies on the vernacular architecture of a specific place, check library catalogs under subject: vernacular architecture <name of place> bibliography. For general architectural bibliographies see: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/ArchRef.html#Bibliographies & Guides.

Cultural anthropology: a guide to reference and information sources, Josephine Z. Kibbee. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 1991. Reference sources in the social sciences series; no. 5.
Anthropology; Doe Info Center GN42.A12.K53 1991 Reference

Introduction to library research in anthropology, John M. Weeks. 2nd ed. Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 1998. Westview guides to library research.
Anthro; Doe Info Center GN42.A12.W44 1998 Reference

Introductory bibliography in industrial archeology, Society for Industrial Archeology. [Rev. ed.] Washington, D.C.: National Museum of American History, [1983]
EnvDesign T37.A12.I571 1983

"Interpretation of vernacular architecture," by Roderick J. Lawrence in Vernacular Architecture, vol. 14, 1983, p. 19-28. A critical review.
EnvDesign NA1.A1V4, vol. 14, bound periodical stacks

Monographs on industrial archaeology, Mary Vance. Monticello, Ill.: Vance Bibliographies, [1984] Architecture series--bibliography; A-1286.
EnvDesign NA200.A12.A7 no.1286 Index

Architecture of the Arabian house, Aghil M. Barbar. Monticello, Ill. : Vance Bibliographies, 1979. Architecture series--bibliography; A-85.
EnvDesign NA200.A12.A7 no.85

Bibliography on traditional architecture in Africa, compiled and edited by Mod Mekkawi. Washington: Mekkawi, 1978.
EnvDesign NA1580.A12 M4 Reference

Bibliography on vernacular architecture, edited by Robert de Zouche Hall [for the Vernacular Architecture Group] Newton Abbot, David and Charles, 1972.
EnvDesign NA7328.A12.H341 1972 reference

Encyclopedia of vernacular architecture of the world, edited by Paul Oliver. Cambridge, U.K.; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997. Includes bibliographies for each region or culture.
EnvDesign NA208.E53 1997 Reference v.1-3

Indigenous architecture worldwide: a guide to information sources, Lawrence Wodehouse. Detroit: Gale Research, 1980. EnvDesign
NA208.A12 .W6 Reference

Literature on building and housing in the tropics. Amsterdam: Koninklijk Instituut voor de Tropen. 1962.
EnvDesign fNA2540.A12.K6

North African architecture, Norman Cigar. Monticello, Ill. : Vance Bibliographies, 1978. Architecture series--bibliography; A-28.
EnvDesign NA200.A12.A7 no.28 Index

Primitive architecture: a selected bibliography, Anthony G. White. Monticello, Ill. : Vance Bibliographies, [1985] Architecture series--bibliography; A 1363.
EnvDesign NA200.A12.A7 no.1363 Index

Traditionelles Bauen. Stuttgart: IRB Verlag, [1988] IRB-Literaturauslese; Nr. 2575-2576.
EnvDesign NA208.A12.T73 1989 Bd. 1-2

Vernacular architecture and its conservation: annotated bibliography, compiled by the Unesco-Icomos Documentation Centre. : UNESCO, [1985].
EnvDesign NA208.A12 V4 1985

Vernacular architecture: a bibliography, Mary Vance. Monticello, Ill. : Vance Bibliographies, [1983] Architecture series--bibliography; A-1030.
EnvDesign NA200.A12.A7 no.1030 Index

Vernacular Architecture Forum Bibliography. Ongoing, extensive bibliography of all aspects of vernacular architecture produced by Vernacular Architecture Forum and appearing in each issue of their Vernacular Architecture Newsletter.
EnvDesign NA208.V52 bound periodical stack
http://www.vernaculararchitectureforum.org/specialprograms/vafbib.htm

Vernacular architecture: monographs published 1976-1987, Mary Vance. Monticello, Ill., U.S.A.: Vance Bibliographies, [1987].
EnvDesign NA200.A12 A7 no.1950 Index

Vernacular architecture newsletter. Washington, D.C.: Graduate Program in Historic Preservation of the George Washington University, 1979. Recent unbound issues on current periodical shelves; bound volumes in periodical stacks. (Issues contain an ongoing bibliography.)
EnvDesign NA208.V52, vol. 1 (fall 1979)-

American common houses: a selected bibliography of vernacular architecture, John A. Jakle, Douglas K. Meyer, Robert W. Bastian. Monticello, Ill.: Vance bibliographies, 1981. Architecture series--bibliography; A-574.
EnvDesign NA200.A12.A7 no.574 Index

American folk architecture: a selected bibliography, Howard Wight Marshall. [Washington, D.C.] : American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, 1981.
EnvDesign NA705.A12 .M46

Architectural pattern books: an annotated survey of recent scholarship, 1975-1988, Carole Cable. Monticello, Ill. : Vance Bibliographies, [1989].
EnvDesign NA200.A12 A7 no.2248 Index

Vernacular architecture in America: a selective bibliography / John A. Cuthbert, Barry Ward, Maggie Keeler. Boston, Mass. : G.K. Hall, 1985.
EnvDesign NA705.A12 C87 1985 Ref

Vernacular houses in the U.S.A., Lamia Doumato. Monticello, Ill.: Vance Bibliographies, [1987]. Architecture series--bibliography; A-1739.
EnvDesign NA200.A12.A7 no.1739 Index

Use these selected Library of Congress subject headings as examples of subjects or keywords to find books in the Library catalogs using Pathfinder and Melvyl® to find articles in periodical indexes. There is some inconsistency in the LC subject headings, but starting with the broadest terms first, you will get a better idea of the volume of material available. Using specific terms about the type of construction material (eg. bamboo, clay) or the geographic location (eg. Iran, Philippines), and combining subject headings can help refine your search for more exact results.

Periodical or journal articles are excellent sources for detailed and specific information about vernacular architecture. For more general architectural periodical indexes see Architecture Periodical Indexes. Most of the electronic indexes below are available remotely to UC users only.

AccessUN Index to United Nations Publications and Documents UCB Only Provides access to current and retrospective United Nations documents and publications from 1956-1999. Articles appearing in UN periodicals are individually indexed. The full text of documents themselves are available in GSSI in the companion Readex UN Documents microfiche collection (Microfiche 10982). Good source for developing countries. Search subject terms such as architecture, construction, housing, etc. by place or type.

America: History and Life UC Only Contains bibliographic citations and abstracts for articles and dissertations on the history and culture of the U.S. and Canada from prehistory to the present. A good source for social and cultural histories of architecture and building types, including vernacular.
Online: 1964-
Print: Doe Info Center E3 .A43, 1954-

American house designs: an index to popular and trade periodicals, 1850-1915, compiled by Margaret Culbertson. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1994.
EnvDesign NA7207 .C85 1994 Reference desk

Anthropological Index Online. Index to current periodicals in the Museum of Mankind Library (incorporating the former Royal Anthropological Institute library).
Online: 1970- http://aio.anthropology.org.uk/cgi-bin/uncgi/search_bib_ai/anthind

Anthropology Plus UC Only Citations to articles and essays in the fields of cultural, physical, and social anthropology; includes good coverage of vernacular architecture worldwide. 1984-

Architectural Publications Index. Catalog of the British Architectural Library and their index to architectural journals. Use thesaurus, Architectural Keywords (EnvDesign Index NA31.A77), to identify terms. Print volumes, with varied titles, date back to 1946.
EnvDesign NA8.A73 Indexes

Art Full Text and Art Retrospective UC Only Indexes journal articles in art, design, and architecture, landscape, urban design, and planning.
Online: 1929-
Print: EnvDesign N18 A72 Indexes, 1929-1995.

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals via Eureka/RLG. UC Only The primary article index for architecture, Avery indexes more than 1,000 scholarly and professional journals in the subjects of architecture, landscape architecture and urban design.
Online: 1868-
Print: EnvDesign fNA8 C64 1973 Indexes, 1868-1995.

BHA, Bibliography of the history of art UC Only Most comprehensive art history bibliography available. Includes abstracted articles from 2,500 international periodicals, books, conference proceedings, collected essays, exhibition and art dealer's catalogs and dissertations. Covers the art of Europe and the Americas from late antiquity to the modern period in a wide range of media, including architecture and industrial design, painting, sculpture, drawings, prints, decorative and applied arts, and popular and folk art from 1973-. Strong indexing in art historiography, archaeological and antiquarian literature, area and cultural studies, critical theory.
Print: Main N1 .B5, 1991-

Expanded Academic ASAP UC Only (was MAGS). Indexes articles from 1,500 popular magazines, general interest journals, and scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and general sciences. Many recent citations include abstracts and full text, some with images. 1980-

Geography, UCB Only Covers the international literature in physical and human geography from over 2000 journals, monographs, books, conference proceedings reports, and theses. Coverage begins with 1/90. Print equivalents: Geographical Abstracts: Human & Physical; International Development Abstracts.

Historical Abstracts UC Only Citations to dissertations, articles, book reviews from 2,000 journals on the history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the US and Canada) with abstracts in English. In addition to including the key historical journals from virtually every major country, Historical Abstracts includes a targeted selection of hundreds of journals in the social sciences and humanities. Good coverage of dwellings and vernacular architecture. 1954-

Human Relations Area Files Collection of Ethnography UC Only Database contains mostly primary source materials on cultures or societies representing all major areas of the world. Books and articles are arranged in subject order (cultural material code number order). The materials include many rare sources as well as English translations of foreign texts. The full text of the original source is also available. 1949-
Use with HRAF source bibliography Anthro GN310.A12.H8 or Outline of cultural materials Anthro Z697.A6.Y3 1967 for subject codes.

Index to Historic Preservation Periodicals, published by the National Trust for Historic Preservation Library. Print volume 1 covers articles published from 1979-1987, and a supplement covers 1987-1990. It indexes local publications such as Oakland Heritage Alliance News, BAHA News, Heritage Newsletter (San Francisco's Architectural Heritage) and California Preservation. Available partially online (limited coverage of California journals).
Online: http://www.lib.umd.edu/NTL/catdat.html
Print: EnvDesign Z1251.A2.U51.1992 Index

National Geographic Cumulative Index. Indexes National Geographic magazines by broad subject areas. 1888-
EnvDesign G1 N3 Index and supplements
See also Handy key to your "National geographics" Subject and picture locator. 12th ed, 1915-75. East Aurora, N.Y.
EnvDesign G1.N315 Index (Doe Info Center has 1985 ed)
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/publications/

19th Century Masterfile UCB Only (formerly: Poole's Plus, the Digital Index of the Nineteenth Century). Subject index to 479 American and English periodicals from 1802-1906. Enlarges W.F. Poole's great Index to Periodical Literature, 1802-1906, adding dozens of indices to Periodicals, Books, Newspapers and Government Documents.
Online: 1802-1906
Print: Main Info Ctr AI3.P7, Hum/Area AJ3.P7

Periodicals Index Online UC Only (formerly Periodicals Contents Index). Electronic index to the contents of hundreds of periodicals in the humanities and social sciences, from their first issues (1770) to 1993. The scope is international. Search by author or title keyword and limit by language and limit to journals in subject categories, including Architecture, Anthropology/Ethnology; Ancient Civilizations, Area Studies; Geography, or History. Some articles available full text.

Readers' guide to periodical literature indexes articles in all subjects from 170 or so American general and popular periodicals. Good source for book reviews, and popular architecture.
DRef AJ3.R4, 1900/04-1997, 1999-

Reader's Guide Retrospective indexes articles in all subjects from 170 or so American general and popular periodicals. Good source for book reviews, and popular architecture.
Online: 1962-1983
Print: DoeRef AJ3.R4, 1900/04-1997, 1999--

Below are selected examples of materials useful for the study of vernacular architecture, divided into 3 subcategories, that provide good overviews and general information. See also the section on Methodology above.

Architecture without architects: a short introduction to non-pedigreed architecture, Bernard Rudofsky. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1987.
EnvDesign NA208 .R81 1987

Dwellings, settlements, and tradition, cross-cultural perspectives / edited by Jean-Paul Bourdier, Nezar AlSayyad. Lanham: University Press of America; Berkeley: International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments, 1989.
Anthro, EnvDesign GN413.D84 1989

Dwellings: the house across the world, Paul Oliver. Oxford: Phaidon, 1987.
EnvDesign NA7110.O451 1987b

Exploring everyday landscapes / edited by Annmarie Adams and Sally McMurry. 1st ed. Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, 1997.
EnvDesign NA705 .P472 v.7

Fantastic architecture : personal and eccentric visions / Michael Schuyt, Joost Elffers ; text by George R. Collins. New York : H. N. Abrams, 1980.
EnvDesign NA208 .S38

Farm: the vernacular tradition of working buildings / David Larkin ; principal photography by Paul Rocheleau. New York : Monacelli Press, 1995.
EnvDesign NA8201 .L37 1995

House form and culture / Amos Rapoport. Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice-Hall [1969].
EnvDesign GN414.A1 R33

Illustrated handbook of vernacular architecture / R.W. Brunskill. London ; Boston : Faber and Faber, 1987.
EnvDesign NA7328 .B831 1987

Material culture / Henry Glassie; Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1999.
Anthro; Gardner Stack EnvDesign GN406.G53 1999

On Adam's house in Paradise: the idea of the primitive hut in architectural history / Joseph Rykwert. 2nd ed. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 1981.
EnvDesign NA205.R9 1981

People, power, places / edited by Sally McMurry and Annmarie Adams. 1st ed. Knoxville : University of Tenessee Press, 2000.
EnvDesign NA705 .P472 v.8

Shelter and society, edited by Paul Oliver. London, Barrie & Rockliff the Cresset P., 1969.
EnvDesign GT171 .O4

6000 years of housing / Norbert Schoenauer. New York : Garland STPM Press, 1981.
EnvDesign NA7125.S29. v.1-3 noncirculating

Traditional dwellings and settlements working paper series. Berkeley, CA : Center for Environmental Design Research, University of California at Berkeley, 1989-. Search in library catalogs by series for individual titles and call numbers.
EnvDesign NA7100.T74 v.1, 1989- , Periodical stacks

Traditions in architecture: Africa, America, Asia, and Oceania / Dora P. Crouch, June G. Johnson. New York : Oxford University, 2001.
EnvDesign NA208 .C76 2001

Vernacular architecture / Henry Glassie; photographs, drawings, and design by the author. Philadelphia: Material Culture; Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2000. Material culture (Indiana University, Bloomington).
EnviDsgn NA208.G59 2000

Alternative building sourcebook : for traditional, natural and sustainable building products and services / edited by Steve Chappell. Brownfield, Me.: Fox Maple Press, 1998.
EnvDesign TH455 .A584 1998

Alternative construction : contemporary natural building methods / edited by Lynne Elizabeth and Cassandra Adams. New York : Wiley, 2000.
EnvDesign TH146 .A48 2000

Appropriate building materials / author, Roland Stulz. St. Gall, Switzerland : SKAT, 1981. SKAT publication ; no. 12.
EnvDesign TA403.S8 1981

Appropriate technology sourcebook : a guide to practical books for village and small community technology / by Ken Darrow, Mike Saxenian. Rev. and enl. ed. Stanford, Calif., USA : Appropriate Technology Project, Volunteers in Asia, 1986.
EnvDesign T49.5 .D37 1986 Reference
For items in bibliography see: Appropriate technology microfiche library. MICROFICHE 10628)

Architecture for the poor; an experiment in rural Egypt. Chicago, University of Chicago Press [1973]
EnvDesign HN790.Q7.F331 1973

"Housing and Construction," in Appropriate technology sourcebook: a guide to practical books for village and small community technology... Rev. and enl. ed. Stanford, Calif., USA : Appropriate Technology Project, Volunteers in Asia, 1986.
EnvDesign T49.5.D37 1986 Reference
For items in bibliography see: Appropriate technology microfiche library. MICROFICHE 10628)

Natural energy and vernacular architecture : principles and examples with reference to hot arid climates / Hassan Fathy ; edited by Walter Shearer and Abd-el-rahman Ahmed Sultan. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1986.
EnvDesign NA7117.A74 F31 1986

Shelter. [Bolinas, Calif., Shelter Publications; distributed in the U.S. by Random House, New York, 1973]
EnvDesign fNA7110.S531 1973

Shelter II / [editor, Lloyd Kahn]. [Bolinas, Calif.]: Shelter Publications : [New York: distributed in the U.S. by Random House, 1978.
EnvDesign TH4812.S53

Spectacular vernacular : the adobe tradition / text by Jean-Louis Bourgeois; New York : Aperture Foundation, 1989.
EnvDesign NA2542.A73 B69 1989

A way of seeing: discovering the art of building in Spring City, Utah / edited by Thomas Carter and Julie Osborne. Salt Lake City, UT : Graduate School of Architecture, University of Utah, 1994. Western Regional Architecture Program; no.2. Has an excellent bibliography.
EnvDesign NA735.S66 W29 1994

For additional resources, be sure to search the library catalogs using the subject headings listed above or the name of specific places or cultures.

African architecture : evolution and transformation / Nnamdi Elleh. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1997.
EnvDesign NA1580.E44 1997

African traditional architecture: an historical and geographical perspective / Susan Denyer ; line drawings by Susan Denyer. New York: Africana Pub. Co., 1978.
Anthro, EnvDesign GN645.D444 1978

African nomadic architecture : space, place, and gender / Labelle Prussin. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press : National Museum of African Art, 1995.
EnvDesign NA7461.A1 P78 1995

Architectures of Nigeria : architectures of the Hausa and Yoruba peoples and of the many people between tradition and modernization / Kevin Carroll. London : Ethnographica ; [Cork] : Society of African Missions, Lester Crook Academic Pub., 1992.
EnvDesign NA7467.6.N5 C37 1992

Drawn from African dwellings / Jean-Paul Bourdier and Trinh T. Minh-ha. Bloomington, Ind: Indiana University Press, 1996.
EnvDesign NA1598 .B68 1996

Traditional African environments : the science, the history, the thought processes / Oluwatoyin Huntar. Yaba, Lagos : Touche (Nigeria) Ltd., 1992.
EnvDesign NA1580 .H86 1992

American vernacular interior architecture, 1870-1940 / Jan Jennings and Herbert Gottfried. New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1988.
EnvDesign NA710 .J461 1988 Reference and Circulating copies

America's architectural roots: ethnic groups that built America / edited by Dell Upton. New York : Preservation Press, 1986.
EnvDesign NA705 .A4931 1986

American home life, 1880-1930 : a social history of spaces and services / edited by Jessica H. Foy and Thomas J. Schlereth. 1st ed. Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, 1992.
EnvDesign E168 .A513 1992

Back of the big house : the architecture of plantation slavery / John Michael Vlach. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1993.
EnvDesign E443 .V58 1993

Caribbean traditional architecture : the traditional architecture of Philipsburg, St. Martin (N.A.) / Joan D. van Andel. Leiden, Nederland : Caraibische Afd., Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, 1985.
EnvDesign NA7288.P45 A51 1985

Casa de hacienda : architecture in the Colombian countryside / edited by Benjamin Villegas ; texts, German Tellez ; photography, Antonio Castaneda ; Bogota : Villegas Editores, 1997.
EnvDesign NA7304 .T45 1997

Common houses in America's small towns, the Atlantic Seaboard to the Mississippi valley / John A. Jakle, Robert W. Bastian. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1989.
EnvDesign NA7205.J341 1989

Common places: readings in American vernacular architecture / edited by Dell Upton, John Michael Vlach. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1986.
Anthro; EnvDesign NA705.C581 1986

Gas, food, and lodging / John Baeder. 1st ed. New York : Abbeville Press, 1982.
EnvDesign E169 .B25

Images of an American land: vernacular architecture in the Western United States / edited by Thomas Carter. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1997.
EnvDesign NA725 .I42 1997

Landscape in sight : looking at America / John Brinckerhoff Jackson; edited by Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz. New Haven : Yale University Press, c1997.
EnvDesign GF91.U6 J317 1997

The Making of the American landscape / edited by Michael P. Conzen.Boston: Unwin Hyman, 1990.
EnvDesign GF501 .M35 1990

Metropolitan corridor : railroads and the American scene / John R.Stilgoe.New Haven: Yale University Press, c1983.
EnvDesign HE2751 S68 1983

Real places, an unconventional guide to America's generic landscape / Grady Clay. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994.
EnvDesign E169.04.C57 1994

The traditional architecture of Mexico / Mariana Yampolsky ; text by Chloe Sayer. New York : Thames and Hudson, 1993.
EnvDesign NA750 .Y36 1993

Understanding ordinary landscapes / edited by Paul Groth and Todd W. Bressi.New Haven : Yale University Press, c1997.
EnvDesign GF90 .U53 1997

The well-built elephant and other roadside attractions: a tribute to American eccentricity / J.J.C. Andrews. New York: Congdon & Weed: Distributed by St. Martin's Press, 1984.
EnvDesign NA712 .A74 1984

The Chinese house : craft, symbol, and the folk tradition / Ronald G. Knapp. Hong Kong ; New York: Oxford University Press, 1990.
Anthro GT365 .K63 1990

Encyclopaedia of Hindu architecture : treating of Sanskrit architectural terms, with illustrative quotations from Silpasastras, general literature and archaeological records / Prasanna Kumar Acharya. New Delhi : Cosmo Publications, 1994.
EnvDesign NA1502 .A25 1994 v.1-2 (1994)

Form & space in Japanese architecture / Norman F. Carver, Jr. 2nd ed. Kalamazoo, Mich. : Documan Press, 1993.
EnvDesign NA1553.C37 1993

House in East and Southeast Asia: anthropological and architectural aspects / editors K.G. Izikowitz, P. Sorensen. London : Curzon Press, 1982. Scandinavian Institute of Asian Studies monograph series; no. 30.
EnvDesign GN635.S58 G68 1982

Spectacular vernacular: a new appreciation of traditional desert architecture / text by Jean-Louis Bourgeois ; photographs by Carollee Pelos. Salt Lake City : Peregrine Smith Books, 1983.
EnvDesign NA2542.A73 B68 1983

Spectacular vernacular: the adobe tradition / text by Jean-Louis Bourgeois; photographs by Carollee Pelos ; historical essay by Basil Davidson. New York : Aperture Foundation, 1989.
EnvDesign NA2542.A73 B69 1989

Traditional Arab settlements : climatic influences and urban forms / El-Sayed Amer. Liverpool, England : Dept. of Civic Design, University of Liverpool, 1998.
EnvDesign NA1465 .A6 1988

Traditional architecture in Iran / Mehdi Khansari, Minouch Yavari. Bruxelles : P. Mardaga, [1986].
EnvDesign NA1480 .K471 1986

Traditional buildings of India / Ilay Cooper, Barry Dawson. New York : Thames and Hudson, 1998.
EnvDesign GT351 .C66 1998

Holz Haus: rurale Bauform, Maisons de bois: habitations rurales, Wood houses: form in rural architecture, Werner Blaser. Basel; New York: Wepf, 1980.
EnvDesign NA4110.B55

Mediterranean vernacular : a vanishing architectural tradition / V.I. Atroshenko & Milton Grundy. New York : Rizzoli, 1991.
EnvDesign NA1458 .A87 1991

Mittel Europa: rediscovering the style and design of Central Europe / Suzanne Slesin, Stafford Cliff, Daniel. New York: C. Potter, 1994.
EnvDesign NA954.S64 1994

Traditional buildings of Britain : an introduction to vernacular architecture / R.W. Brunskill. London: Gollancz in association with P. Crawley, 1992.
EnvDesign NA7328 .B834 1992

Traditional houses of rural France / Bill Laws ; photography by John Ferro Sims. 1st American ed. New York : Abbeville Press, 1991.
EnvDesign NA8210.F8.L38 1991

Venetian vernacular architecture : traditional housing in the Venetian lagoon / Richard J. Goy. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1989.
EnvDesign NA7594 .G61 1988

Wooden houses / introd. by Christian Norberg-Schulz ; text and drawings by Makoto Suzuki ; photographs by Yukio Futagawa. New York : Abrams, 1979.
EnvDesign NA7325.F87

Below is a very selective list of journals that have extensive materials on vernacular architecture. Be sure to use the periodical indexes to identify a more comprehensive listing.

Buildings & landscapes : journal of the Vernacular Architecture Forum. Minneapolis, MN : The University of Minnesota Press. Continues: Perspectives in vernacular architecture.
EnvDesign NA705.P472 Periodical stacks, v. 14(2007)-

Environmental design (Rome, Italy) [Continues: AARP: Art and archaeology research papers] Rome: Carucci Editore Roma.
EnvDesign NX1.A12 Periodical stacks, v. 1, 1972-

Home cultures (Oxford, Berg) v. 1, n. 1, 2004-
Electronic: v. 1, no. 1, 2004- UCB Only
Print: EnvDesign NA2543.S6.H634 Periodical stacks, Vol. 2, 2005-

IA. Morgantown, W. Va. Society for Industrial Archeology.
EnvDsgn T21.A1.I12 Periodical stacks, 1(summer 1975)-13:1 (1987), 14:1 (1988)-

Industrial archaeology. [Newton Abbot, Devon : David & Charles, 1966- . Continues: Journal of industrial archaeology.
Anthro HD2321.A1 J6, 1(May 1964)-18(1988)
At NRLF: [v.1, v.3-14]

Industrial archaeology review. [London] Oxford University Press.
Main T37 .I5, v1:1(fall 1976), 2(1977/78)-6:3(fall 1982)-
At NRLF: v.1:1, v.2, v.5, v.6:1-2

Journal of material culture. London; Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, 1996.
Electronic: vol. 4, 1995- UCB Only
Print: Anth GN406.J68, 1, Mar 1996-

Landscape. Santa Fe, N.M. [etc.]
EnvDesign G1.L3 Periodical stacks 1(1951)-32(1994); Cumulative index: 1(1951)-15(1966)

Material culture. [Continues: Pioneer America] [Akron, Ohio]: Pioneer America Society.
Doe Main Stack E179.5.P46, vol. 1, 1969-4, 1972, v.9, 10:3, Dec 1978-13:2, Sept 1981, v.14, 1982-
Unbound issues in Periodical Room; Cumulative index to vols: 11:3, Aug 1979-21:3, fall 1989
Electronic: Selected full text available via Wilson Art Full Text, v. 37, no. 1(2005)- UC Only

Material history review = Revue d'histoire de la culture materielle. [Continues: Material history bulletin]. Ottawa : National Museum of Science and Technology = Musee national des sciences et de la technologie.
Doe Main Stack TJ15.M3, v. 1, 1976 - 2, 1977, 4, fall 1977 - 41, spring 1995

Perspectives in vernacular architecture. [Annapolis, Md. : Vernacular Architecture Forum]. Continued by: Buildings & places.
EnvDesign NA705 .P472 Periodical stacks, v.1(1982)-13(2006/07)//
Electronic: v.1(1982)- (latest 3 years not available online) via JSTOR UC Only

Places. [Cambridge, Mass.: Published by the MIT Press for the College of Environmental Design, University of California, Berkeley and the School of Architecture and Planning, MIT]
Electronic: v.1(1983)- via eScholarship. Selected article text v. 11(1997)- via Wilson Art Full Text UC Only

Social & cultural geography. [Basingstoke, Hants ; Philadelphia, PA : Routledge Taylor & Francis Ltd.]
Electronic: v. 1, 2000- UC Only

Traditional dwellings and settlements review, journal of the International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments. Berkeley, Calif.: The Association, 1989-
EnvDesign NA7100 .T73, Periodical stacks, v. 1(fall 1989)-

Vernacular architecture. [York, England] : Vernacular Architecture Group, 1970.
Print: EnvDesign NA1.A1 v4:1 (1970)- ; Index 1(1970)-5(1974). Recent unbound issues on current periodical shelves; bound volumes in periodical stacks.
Electronic: Selected articles available at http://www.ccurrie.me.uk/vag/#PUBLICATIONS

Vernacular architecture newsletter. Washington, D.C. : Graduate Program in Historic Preservation of the George Washington University, 1979-
Electronic: no. 100, Sum. 2004- ; (http://www.vernaculararchitectureforum.org/van/)
Print: EnvDesign NA208 .V52 1(fall 1979)- ; Recent unbound issues on current periodical shelves; bound volumes in periodical stacks.

Winterthur portfolio. Chicago [etc.] University of Chicago Press [etc.]
Electronic: v. 1- 36, 1964-2001 via JSTOR UC Only; v. 37, no. 1, 2002- via Univ. of Chicago Press UC Only
Print: Doe Main Stack N9.W52, vols. 1, 1964-. Unbound issues in Art History-Classics.
At NRLF: v. 1-11, 13-19

Community Eco-Design Network. CEN's mission is to facilitate the introduction and wide spread use of 'green' building techniques, technologies and materials to the construction industry in Minnesota. Lots of links to strawbale and cob construction.
http://www.cedn.org/

Eyewitnessing : the uses of images as historical evidence / Peter Burke. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, c2001. Picturing history series.
Environ Dsgn H61.H83 2001

Great Buildings Online. A website that indexes the CD-ROM of the same name (on order for EnvDesign). Search by architectural style, building type, construction method, etc. Includes some images.
http://www.GreatBuildings.com/types.html

International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments (IASTE). IASTE is a nonprofit organization concerned with the comparative and cross-cultural understanding of traditional habitat as an expression of informal cultural conventions. IASTE's purpose is to serve as an umbrella association for all scholars studying vernacular, indigenous, popular and traditional environments. They publish Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Review (EnvDesign NA7100.T73 periodical stacks) and Traditional dwellings and settlements working paper series (EnvDesign NA7100.T74 Periodical stacks).
http://www.arch.ced.berkeley.edu/research/iaste/

Maps Maps provide clues to ordinary buildings and sites and their changes over time. Be sure to consult the Earth Sciences and Maps Library (http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/EART/) for USGS maps, street maps, historical atlases, and fire insurance maps. See also the Sanborn Maps section below.

Researching life stories and family histories, Robert L. Miller. London; Thousand Oaks, Calif.: SAGE, 2000. How to interview to gather information.
Environ Dsgn CS16.M62 2000

(Digital) Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps UCB Only provides maps of cities and towns of California from the 1880s to 1950s. The maps are large-scale plans containing data used originally to estimate the potential risk for urban structures, and include an outline of each building, the size, shape and construction materials, heights, and function of structures, and location of windows and doors. The maps also give street names, street and sidewalk widths, property boundaries, building use, and house and block numbers. They are an excellent source on the history, growth, and development of American cities, towns, and neighborhoods. Earlier and later maps are available on microfilm in the Earth Sciences and Maps Library.
Description of Sanborn Maps: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/EART/sanborn.html
Searchable index of the microfilm: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/EART/sanborn_index.html
Sanborn fire insurance maps: California, 1884-1950. Teaneck, N.J., Chadwyck-Healey, 1985.
Eart/Map MICROFILM 31073 Reel 1-72
Sanborn fire insurance maps, California, 1950-1970. Alexandria, Va., Chadwyck-Healy, 1990.
Eart/Map MICROFILM 31073 Reels 73-76

Society for Industrial Archaeology. International organization which promotes the study and preservation of landscapes, structures, and equipment of significance in the history of technology, engineering and industry. They publish the SIA Newsletter (EnvDesign T21.A1S6.N4) and IA, Industrial Archaeology (EnvDesign T21.A1.I12 periodical stacks).
http://www.ss.mtu.edu/IA/sia.html
British version: Association for Industrial Archaeology (http://www.industrial-archaeology.org.uk/)

Vernacular Architecture Forum was formed in 1980 to encourage the study and preservation of North American vernacular architecture. It sponsors conferences and workshops, and publishes Vernacular Architecture Newsletter and Perspectives in Vernacular Architecture.
http://www.vernaculararchitectureforum.org/

Vernacular Architecture Group is an international group for those interested in the study of "lesser traditional buildings." Its focus is primarily on the British Isles. Publishes Vernacular Architecture magazine.
http://www.vag.org.uk/

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