Why read Habitat?

Book cover of Habitat: Vernacular Architecture for a Changing Climate

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A compact edition of this landmark publication, which celebrates humanity's ability to create buildings that for millennia have responded ingeniously to cultural and environmental conditions.

There has never been a more important time to understand how to make the best use of local natural resources and create buildings that…

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1 author picked Habitat as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Matthias Ripp

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This book gives a great overview of traditional architecture around the world and how it was designed for specific climates.

With great images and descriptions, this book is able to broaden your horizon and help you to discover fabric, design, and uses that can also serve to develop new ideas and solutions that can potentially be transferred into your own context.

Rather than going very deep into examples, it provides more of an overview that can trigger creativity and imagination in the early phases of projects.

From Matthias' list on understanding that cultural heritage can be part of the solution to climate change.