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Architecture and agriculture : a rural design guide / Dewey Thorbeck.

By: Thorbeck, Dewey [author.].
Publisher: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2017Description: 211 pages cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781138937680 (pbk. : alk. paper).Subject(s): Farm buildings | Sustainable architecture | Vernacular architectureGenre/Form: Print books.Summary: "Architecture and Agriculture: A Rural Design Guide presents architectural guidelines for buildings designed and constructed in rural landscapes by emphasizing their connections with function, culture, climate, and place. Following on from the author's first book Rural Design, the book discusses in detail the buildings that humans construct in support of agriculture. By examining case studies from around the world including Australia, China, Japan, Norway, Poland, Japan, Portugal, North America, Africa and the Southeast Asia it informs readers about the potentials, opportunities, and values of rural architecture, and how they have been developed to create sustainable landscapes and sustainable buildings for rapidly changing rural futures."--
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Architecture and Agriculture: A Rural Design Guide presents architectural guidelines for buildings designed and constructed in rural landscapes by emphasizing their connections with function, culture, climate, and place. Following on from the author's first book Rural Design, the book discusses in detail the buildings that humans construct in support of agriculture. By examining case studies from around the world including Australia, China, Japan, Norway, Poland, Japan, Portugal, North America, Africa and the Southeast Asia it informs readers about the potentials, opportunities, and values of rural architecture, and how they have been developed to create sustainable landscapes and sustainable buildings for rapidly changing rural futures."--

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