Building Traditions

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The papers in this session examine the diverse characters and dynamic architectural properties of indigenous vernacular building traditions, mainly from various Pacific rim and Oceania cultures. They debate the human values of these traditions and what they represent by way of contrast to western constructs of architecture. Theoretical themes include cross-cultural exchanges, maintenance and transformation of architectural traditions, religious beliefs as generators of architectural traditions, and bi-cultural architectures.

An Introduction to Architecture + Building Traditions: lessons from ethno–architects, Paul Memmott, (Building Traditions Introductory Essay)

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Ellen Andersen
Pukekaraka: a study in architecture and Whakapapa

Mike Austin
Pacific Building: the construction of tradition

Deidre Brown
The Whare on Exhibition

James Davidson
Western ‘Architectural’ Ideology and its Impact on the Traditional Building Practices of the Maya Peoples of Guatemala and Southern Mexico

Shaneen Fantin
Recognising Aboriginal Architecture from Northeast Arnhem Land: The ‘ancestral aesthetic’ in Yolngu dwellings and ceremonial structures

Martin Fowler
Five types of Traditional Melanesian Architecture of Papua New Guinea

Qinghua Guo
Tomb Architecture of Dynastic China: old and new questions

Stephen Long
Between the Georgina and the Great Western Railway: The Transformation and Maintenance of Aboriginal Architecture in North-West Queensland

Lesley McFadyen
Bodybuilding

Bill McKay
Looking at Maori Architecture

Tim O’Rourke
Notes on Dyirbalngan dwellings: Ethno-architecture in the rainforests of northeastern Queensland

Albert L. Refiti
Uneven Boundaries that do not Flatten Easily

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