TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bourdier, Jean-paul 
TI  - Vernacular architecture of West Africa : : a world in dwelling 
SN  - 9780415585439
U1  - 720.1030966 
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Oxon
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Vernacular architecture
KW  - West Africa
KW  - Architecture, Domestic
KW  - Africa, West
KW  - Adobe houses
N1  - Inntroduction -- Dweller, dwelling, and setting -- Cultural framework -- House as project of identity : picturing Soninke dwellings -- House as inside and outside : picturing Kassena dwellings -- House as assurance of social viability : picturing Moba dwellings -- House as vessel of day and night : picturing Nuna dwellings -- House as life-giving speech : picturing Jaxanke, Ko, and Mandingo dwellings -- House as creative source : picturing Puguli and Bassari dwellings -- House as newborn : picturing Kusasi and Birifor dwellings -- House and differential space : picturing Moor dwellings -- House in the world's image : picturing Batammaliba dwellings -- Architectural practices -- Terrace-roofed dwellings -- Nankani dwelling -- Lyela dwelling -- Dogon Cliff dwellings -- Tokolor dwelling -- Tokolor mosques -- Thatch-roofed dwellings -- Konkomba dwelling -- Toffinu Lake dwelling -- Sereer dwelling -- Joola impluvium dwelling -- Calabash Dome : Fulbe dwelling
ER  -