Tibetan Houses : : Vernacular Architecture of the Himalayas and Environs /

Tibetan Houses : : Vernacular Architecture of the Himalayas and Environs / / Peter Herrle.

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Die Himalaya-Region und das angrenzende tibetanische Plateau zeichnen sich durch eine sehr eigenständige, traditionelle Wohnkultur aus, die heute im Verschwinden begriffen ist. Das Buch dokumentiert detailliert 19 Wohnhäuser aus verschiedenen Ländern der Himalaya-Region, wie etwa unterschiedliche Pr...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2017
VerfasserIn:
Herrle, Peter,
Wozniak, Anna,
Place / Publishing House:Basel : : Birkhäuser, , [2017]
©2017
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (312 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • About this book
  • Geographical setting
  • The making of the book
  • Missionaries – explorers – researchers
  • LADAKH
  • CENTRAL TIBET: U-TSANG
  • EASTERN TIBET: KHAM AND AMDO
  • BHUTAN
  • KHUMBU
  • DOLPO
  • STRUCTURAL DESIGN
  • Enveloping the interior: structural diversity
  • Levels and covers: ceilings
  • Bearing the loads: posts and beams
  • The outer shell: stone – mud – timber
  • Opening the wall: doors and windows
  • Decorating the facade: crowns and cornices
  • Closing the top: flat and sloped roofs
  • Up and down: stairs and ladders
  • TIBETAN HOUSES – VANISHING OR CHANGING?
  • References
  • The project team
  • Picture credits

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