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Category Archives: Vernacular Architecture
A Letter from Gjirokastra
This is an extended version of a piece that appeared in the June issue of Destination: Preservation, Adventures in Preservation’s newsletter. If people still wrote letters home from their travels, here’s what we would have written about our recent hands-on … Continue reading
Out of Africa: Documenting Vernacular Architecture
A Guest Post by Laura A. Macaluso based on an interview with Jon Twingi Sojkowski of African Vernacular Architecture This month I had the chance to speak with Jon Twingi Sojkowski, a licensed architect living in the historic area of … Continue reading
A Shotgun House Primer
The folks at the Preservation Resource Center of New Orleans have put together a concise guide to shotgun houses. The primer touches on the origins of the vernacular form and descibes the variations found in the region and in New Orleans in particular. … Continue reading
Posted in Building Conservation, Cultural Heritage, Heritage Preservation, Historic Buildings, Historic Preservation, Vernacular Architecture
Tagged Adventures in Preservation, architectural history, buildings, historic preservation volunteer projects, New Orleans, shotgun house, Shreveport
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Monastery Makeovers
One challenge historic preservationists and architects face is that of adaptive reuse–taking a structure built for one specific purpose and giving it a new use. This process is an important part of historic preservation and of green building, but sometimes … Continue reading
Eight Ways to Add Architecture to Your Adventures
Are you an architecture buff planning your next trip? Or maybe just looking for some new ways to explore? Here’s a list of eight things to do to add a little more architecture to your next vacation! Check out local … Continue reading
The Architecture of Sunlight
By late summer, you may have found an understanding for the sun, or you may be longing for winter’s clouds to return. August, with its grass brown from heat and sun, leads much of the world to rediscover their porches, … Continue reading
Go for the Fjords, Stay for the Churches!
EuroTravelogue™: ArtSmart Roundtable: Norway’s Historic Stave Churches. I keep seeing photos of these wonderful buildings and thinking I would love to see them in person. It may be a while before I get there, but Jeff Titelius recently traveled in … Continue reading
Mickey’s Diner
One of the best parts of traveling can be finding places like Mickey’s Diner, as Preservation in Pink did recently. Mickey’s has been owned and operated by the same family since 1939, making it a historic find in more ways … Continue reading
Posted in Heritage Travel, Historic Buildings, Popular Culture, Vernacular Architecture
Tagged Americana, Art Deco, Diners
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In Praise of Very Large Staircases: A Brief History of the Social Function of Stoops
Found this very interesting read in my inbox this morning and wanted to share! In Praise of Very Large Staircases: A Brief History of the Social Function of Stoops | Living on GOOD.
Posted in Community, Historic Buildings, Popular Culture, Vernacular Architecture
Tagged New York
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The Connection Between Communities and Preservation – and You
Buildings may stand alone physically, but they are endlessly connected with communities. Buildings are accompanied through time by the comings and goings of people… No matter their purpose, all buildings are lived in: feet move across their floors, hands open … Continue reading
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