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Vernacular architecture This time—unlike the other thread I did last year—with particular focus on shapes & composition. (After all, the thing that interests me most as a poet is the construction of forms). A few more here instagram.com/p/CXYn_6CKExJ/ 1. Bedouin tents in Morocco

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Drawings by Spanish anthropologist, historian & linguist Julio Caro Baroja (1914–1995), from his book 'Estudios saharianos' (1955)

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2. The Roofs of Ghadames—an oasis Berber town in the Nalut District of the Tripolitania region in northwestern Libya—also known as 'the pearl of the desert' [Photograph by George Steinmetz]

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Located at the junction of ancient Saharan caravan routes, the town was the Roman stronghold Cydamus (whose ruins remain). It was an episcopal see under the Byzantines, and columns of the Christian church still remain in the Sīdī Badrī Mosque britannica.com/place/Ghadamis

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3. The fortified granary Ksar Ouled Soltane, located in the district of Tataouine, southern Tunisia. [Yes, that Tataouine, the very Tunisian district where George Lucas shot the scenes depicting Luke Skywalker's planet.]

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4. Indian stepwells, also known regionally as 'vav', 'baori', 'baoli', and 'bawadi', are structures that, in the first place, helped harvest water but were also used as subterranean temples and pleasure retreats [Photographs by Edward Burtynsky and Victoria Lautman]

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Victoria Lautman's photo essay 'India's Forgotten Stepwells' is excellent: archdaily.com/395363/india-s

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5. The fractal geometry of Indian temples: Virupaksha Temple, Dilwara Temples and Kandariya temple dataisnature.com/?p=2138

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Sri Meenakshi Amman Temple

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6. Boat-shaped roofs of the Tongkonan—the traditional ancestral house of the Torajan people in South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Photograph by Geri Dagys

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According to a Torajan legend, the Toraja people arrived "from the north by boats, but caught in a fierce storm, their boats were so badly damaged that they used them as roofs for their new houses"

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7. The Fujian Tulou, Chinese fortified earth buildings (12th–20th cent.), mostly circular or rectangular in configuration, five stories high & capable of housing up to 800 people

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8. Uma Mbatangu, 'peaked house', the Sumbanese traditional dwelling on the island of Sumba, Indonesia

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'Sumbanese Traditional Houses in Indonesia: Vernacular Architecture', in 'ArchEyes', August 5, 2020, archeyes.com/sumbanese-trad

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9. The wooden churches in the Russian North. Photographs by Richard Davies

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10. The characteristic Sámi 'njalla', food storage huts raised from the ground to avoid the intrusion of nosy animals such as wolverines and bears [reddit.com/r/interestinga; sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Njalla#/m; Daniel von Hogguér, 'Reise nach Lappland und dem nördlichen Schweden', 1841]

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11. Traditional hut of the Giriama tribe in Kenya

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12. Basalt tuff, rock-cut architecture in Cappadocia, found in central Anatolia and parts of Iran. [Photo by Haitham Alfalah]

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13. Jacques Majorelle's depictions of Moroccan vernacular architecture from his portfolio, 'Les Kasbahs de l'Atlas', published in 1930

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Moulay Idriss or Moulay Driss Zerhoun or simply Zerhoun (مولاي إدريس زرهون), a town in the Fès-Meknès region of northern Morocco at the base of Mount Zerhoun

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