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Vernacular architecture

Scope note

Architecture built of local materials to suit particular local needs, usually of unknown authorship and making little reference to the chief styles or theories of architecture. (THDAT)

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300068483

Broader Terms used

<architecture genres>

Narrower Terms used

primitive architecture

Created

13yrs ago

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