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vernacular architecture

noun

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  1. A class of architectural styles which meet local needs, use local construction materials…

    A class of architectural styles which meet local needs, use local construction materials and reflect local traditions.

    • Vernacular architecture scholars have increasingly studied the products of automobile tourism, although often with a wink of the eye or with tongue planted in cheek.
    • To be bathed in, however, the sea also had to be entered, and Western countries developed a range of alternative vernacular architectures designed to provide access to the ocean.

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