Built from Below British Architecture and the Vernacular (Peter Guillery)

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Built from Below: British Architecture and the Vernacular This book extends the concept of British vernacular architecture beyond its traditional base of pre-modern domestic and industrial architecture to embrace other buildings such as places of worship, villas, hospitals, suburban semis and post-war mass housing. Engaging with wider issues of social and cultural history, this book is of use to anyone with an interest in architectural history. Increasingly, studies of what is genuinely vernacul…