The Banjarese house, a type of Indonesian vernacular architecture, is a typical riverside dwelling that shows the strong relationship between the river and the inhabitants.
In view of the number of Banjarese houses facing degradation as a riverside type of vernacular architecture, a study is necessary.
Given their geological characteristics, the Western Alps are particularly rich of these type of vernacular buildings, which became a typical element of the local architecture and acquired a specific toponym ("barma").
A new show, opening this Friday, at Ricco/Maresca, focusses on this distinct type of vernacular portraiture.
C. 650 BCE - c. 601 BCE Alcman, Doric Alcmaeon (flourished 7th century bc, Sparta [Greece]) Greek poet who wrote choral lyrics in a type of Doric related to the Laconian vernacular, used in the region that included Sparta.
The Brahman sage Bharata mentions in his Natyashastra (1st century bce 3rd century ce) two types of vernacular, the Prakrits (bhasas) and their corruptions (vibhasas), in the dialects spoken by the Sabara, Abhira, and Candala peoples.
Drawing on an epistemic perspective that spans cognitive and social levels of analysis we develop theoretical propositions on the emergence and use of these three types of vernacular accountings.
The name Romance indeed suggests the ultimate connection of these languages with Rome: the English word is derived from an Old French form of Latin Romanicus, used in the Middle Ages to designate a vernacular type of Latin speech (as distinct from the more learned form used by clerics) as well as literature written in the vernacular.
Naturally occurring or slightly modified soils were traditionally used for protecting buildings in a number of vernacular techniques.
MR: (laughs) Is there a lot of vernacular in the book?
