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  • Climate responsive vernacular architecture: Jharkhand, India
    Gautam, Avinash (Kansas State University, 2008)
    This research aims to explore and assess passive solar design techniques that promote high thermal comfort in vernacular houses of the state of Jharkhand in India. The study of these houses provides useful insights for ...
  • Interpretation: experience of place
    Schooler, Luke A. (Kansas State University, 2009)
    The site for the Riverpond Visitor Center is located three miles northeast of Manhattan, Kansas, along K-13 on the eastern end of Riverpond Park. The design of the visitor center addresses four problems: 1) the fact that ...
  • Kabul’s old city: Implications for alternatives to “Western” housing
    Watts, Donald J. (King Faisal University, 1983)
    This paper presents a new methodology for analyzing and discovering the interactions of social needs and traditional building practices in vernacular Afghan houses. Beginning with identifying common socio-spatial patterns ...