Crossing Boundaries: Revisiting the Thresholds of Vernacular Architecture

Abstract

AbstractThis paper discusses and questions the boundaries of vernacular architecture as conceived, interpreted and reinterpreted since the late eighteenth century. The activities and boundaries of the Vernacular Architecture Group are considered in the context of work in other fields also concerned with architecture and the vernacular. The paper argues for a broad understanding of vernacular architecture as an inclusive social study that is not necessarily restricted by boundaries of time and place.