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1. Atlas of Vernacular Architecture of the World

   By Marcel Vellinga, Paul Oliver, Alexander Bridge

   The first world atlas ever compiled on vernacular architecture, this comprehensive work illustrates the variety and ingenuity of the world’s vernacular building traditions from a multi-disciplinary, cross-cultural and comparative approach, using over sixty world and regional maps. Mapping such...

   Published January 9th 2008 by Routledge
2. Encyclopedia of Vernacular Architecture of the World

   Edited by Paul Oliver

   Vernacular - or traditional - architecture encompasses most of the buildings of the world. This encyclopedia is the first to show the remarkable diversity of the buildings constructed and lived in by the people of over a thousand cultures. Originally published as three volumes, the first ...

   Published November 30th 2007 by Routledge
3. Built to Meet Needs: Cultural Issues in Vernacular Architecture

   By Paul Oliver

   The study of vernacular architecture explores the characteristics of domestic buildings in particular regions or localities, and the many social and cultural factors that have contributed to their evolution. In this book, vernacular architecture specialist Paul Oliver brings together a wealth of...

   Published August 24th 2006 by Routledge
4. Broadcasting the Blues

   Black Blues in the Segregation Era

   By Paul Oliver

   Broadcasting the Blues: Black Blues in the Segregation Era is based on Paul Oliver's award-winning radio broadcasts from the BBC that were created over several decades. It traces the social history of the blues in America, from its birth in the rural South through the heyday of sound recordings....

   Published October 11th 2005 by Routledge