The Great Mosque of Djenné, Mali. Image © Wikimedia user Ruud Zwart licensed under CC BY-SA 2.5 NL This article was originally published on Common Edge as "Making a ...

A new book from the National Museum of Bermuda tells how Canadian artist John Lyman long ago discovered the beauty of the island’s vernacular architecture. In the first in a two-part series, historian ...

Foreword / Anthony Reid -- Gallery of building media -- Introduction / John May -- From Dutch windmills to German barns -- From Mediterranean caves to Bedouin tents -- From Japanese Minka to Toda huts ...

Internationally renowned architectural scholars will descend upon Adelaide, South Australia, later this year for a conference exploring the varied nature of modern vernacular studies and its insight ...

"In countless neighborhoods across America, the streets are lined with houses representing no established architectural style. Many of the 80 million homes in the United States today have only ...

A hot-dog joint shaped like a puppy, an antique store replicating a Japanese temple, Van de Kamp's windmill-shaped bakeries, houses resembling beached boats these are just a few of the architectural ...