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028			_bAllied Informatics, Jaipur _c6226 _d30/05/2019 _q2019-20
040			_aBSDU _bEnglish _cBSDU
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100			_aDesai, Miki
245			_aWooden Architecture of Kerala
260			_aAhmedabad _bMapin Publishing _c2018
300			_a279
500			_aIt was in the late 1960s and ’70s that the author, then a student of architecture, first encountered built environments belonging to the genres of folk or vernacular traditions. The persistent exclusion of these traditions from the modern urban vision compelled Miki Desai to document these styles, culminating in this volume on the wooden architecture of Kerala. This book explores the socio-cultural and the tectonic aspects of Kerala’s wooden architecture, which is deeply rooted in religious and secular customs and shaped by geo-climatic forces. The author’s multi-disciplinary approach links the various ethnic groups residing in Kerala, and the mutual adoption and adaptation of construction systems within migrant groups. Despite being a living tradition serving millions of people, vernacular architecture in India has not received the academic and analytical attention it deserves. This volume attempts to fill this research gap, a need made more urgent by the fact that the built environment is changing and the traditional ways of building may get replaced by the modern much faster than we can imagine.
504			_aContents Introduction Wooden Architecture in the South Asian and Indian Context Introduction to Kerala’s Society and Architecture Religious Architecture of Kerala Residential Architecture of Kerala The Spatial Expression Building Components, Technology and the Craftsmanship in Wood Conclusions Annexures Note on Guruthi Pooja Timeline of Kerala’s History Tectonic Terms
650			_aCarpentry
650			_aWooden Architecture
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