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Traditional house in Nias; its post, beam and lintel construction with flexible nail-less joints, and non-load bearing walls are typical of rumah adat. Rumah adat are traditional houses built in any of the vernacular architecture styles of Indonesia, collectively belonging to the Austronesian architecture. The traditional houses and settlements ...
Hanja. 朝鮮 집. Revised Romanization. Joseon. McCune–Reischauer. Chosŏn chip. A hanok ( Korean : 한옥; name in South Korea) or chosŏnjip ( 조선집; name in North Korea and for Koreans in Yanbian, China ), is a traditional Korean house. Hanok were first designed and built in the 14th century during the Joseon dynasty.
Traditional Chinese house architecture. Traditional Chinese house architecture refers to a historical series of architecture styles and design elements that were commonly utilised in the building of civilian homes during the imperial era of ancient China. Throughout this two-thousand year long period, significant innovations and variations of ...
Nālukettu. Nālukettu pronunciation ⓘ is the traditional homestead of old Tharavadu where many generations of a matrilineal family lived. These types of buildings are typically found in the Indian state of Kerala. The traditional architecture is typically a rectangular structure where four halls are joined with a central courtyard, or ...
Indigenous housing design and research is a specialised field within housing studies. There have been two main approaches to the design of Indigenous housing in Australia – Health and Culture. [6] [7] The cultural design model attempts to incorporate understandings of differences in Indigenous Australian cultural norms into housing design ...
Ndebele women standing in front of a painted rondavel. An Ndebele artist ( Esther Mahlangu) signs her work on a finished wall. Ndebele house painting is a style of African art practiced by the Southern Ndebele people of South Africa and the Northern Ndebele people in Zimbabwe in Matobo. [ 1] It is predominantly practiced by the Ndebele women.
Yoruba architecture describes the architectural styles of the Yoruba people of West Africa, dating back to approximately the 8th century. [ 1][ 2] and lasted up to and beyond the colonial period beginning in the 19th century CE. Typical houses consisted of rectangular windowless single-room buildings arranged around a central courtyard ringed ...
Being farmers mean great calls. have hot summers, and cold, dry winters. Iran’s traditional architecture is designed in proportion to its climatic conditions.The continued design and existence of traditional homes amidst the preponderance of mid-rise apartments in Iran's ongoing modernisation projects is testament to a strong connection and identification with Persian architectural heritage.