vernacular architecture
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.20 in modern English
34
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
7
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A class of architectural styles which meet local needs, use local construction materials and reflect local traditions.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Vernacular architecture scholars have increasingly studied the products of automobile tourism, although often with a wink of the eye or with tongue planted in cheek."
- "To be bathed in, however, the sea also had to be entered, and Western countries developed a range of alternative vernacular architectures designed to provide access to the ocean."
- "The first challenge to encounter, when addressing a comprehensive understanding of the vernacular architecture problematic, is to try to understand the etymological sense and the epistemological mean of the term. This paper intends to approach the evolution of the ‘vernacular architecture’ designation, and to reflect about its current conceptual application, considering its most substantial ideological divergences over time."
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polite architecture