"vernacular architecture" meaning in English

See vernacular architecture in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: vernacular architectures [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} vernacular architecture (countable and uncountable, plural vernacular architectures)
  1. (architecture) A class of architectural styles which meet local needs, use local construction materials and reflect local traditions. Wikipedia link: vernacular architecture Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Architecture Coordinate_terms: polite architecture
    Sense id: en-vernacular_architecture-en-noun-hwuh0U8c Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: architecture

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for vernacular architecture meaning in English (2.8kB)

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "vernacular architectures",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "vernacular architecture (countable and uncountable, plural vernacular architectures)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Architecture",
          "orig": "en:Architecture",
          "parents": [
            "Applied sciences",
            "Art",
            "Sciences",
            "Culture",
            "All topics",
            "Society",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "coordinate_terms": [
        {
          "word": "polite architecture"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2000, Michael Ann Williams, Larry Morrisey, “Chapter 9: Constructions of Tradition: Vernacular Architecture, Country Music, and Auto-Ethnography”, in Sally Ann McMurry, Annmarie Adams, editors, People, Power, Places, University of Tennessee Press, page 161",
          "text": "Vernacular architecture scholars have increasingly studied the products of automobile tourism, although often with a wink of the eye or with tongue planted in cheek.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, Fred Gray, Designing the Seaside: Architecture, Society and Nature, Reaktion Books, page 147",
          "text": "To be bathed in, however, the sea also had to be entered, and Western countries developed a range of alternative vernacular architectures designed to provide access to the ocean.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, G. D. Carlos, M. R. Correia, S. Rocha, P. Frey, “Vernacular architecture?”, in Mariana R. Correia, Paulo B. Lourenço, Humberto Varum, editors, Seismic Retrofitting: Learning from Vernacular Architecture, Taylor & Francis (CRC Press), page 11",
          "text": "The first challenge to encounter, when addressing a comprehensive understanding of the vernacular architecture problematic, is to try to understand the etymological sense and the epistemological mean of the term. This paper intends to approach the evolution of the ‘vernacular architecture’ designation, and to reflect about its current conceptual application, considering its most substantial ideological divergences over time.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A class of architectural styles which meet local needs, use local construction materials and reflect local traditions."
      ],
      "id": "en-vernacular_architecture-en-noun-hwuh0U8c",
      "links": [
        [
          "architecture",
          "architecture"
        ],
        [
          "architectural",
          "architecture"
        ],
        [
          "style",
          "style"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(architecture) A class of architectural styles which meet local needs, use local construction materials and reflect local traditions."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "architecture"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "vernacular architecture"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "vernacular architecture"
}
{
  "coordinate_terms": [
    {
      "word": "polite architecture"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "vernacular architectures",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "vernacular architecture (countable and uncountable, plural vernacular architectures)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "en:Architecture"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2000, Michael Ann Williams, Larry Morrisey, “Chapter 9: Constructions of Tradition: Vernacular Architecture, Country Music, and Auto-Ethnography”, in Sally Ann McMurry, Annmarie Adams, editors, People, Power, Places, University of Tennessee Press, page 161",
          "text": "Vernacular architecture scholars have increasingly studied the products of automobile tourism, although often with a wink of the eye or with tongue planted in cheek.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, Fred Gray, Designing the Seaside: Architecture, Society and Nature, Reaktion Books, page 147",
          "text": "To be bathed in, however, the sea also had to be entered, and Western countries developed a range of alternative vernacular architectures designed to provide access to the ocean.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, G. D. Carlos, M. R. Correia, S. Rocha, P. Frey, “Vernacular architecture?”, in Mariana R. Correia, Paulo B. Lourenço, Humberto Varum, editors, Seismic Retrofitting: Learning from Vernacular Architecture, Taylor & Francis (CRC Press), page 11",
          "text": "The first challenge to encounter, when addressing a comprehensive understanding of the vernacular architecture problematic, is to try to understand the etymological sense and the epistemological mean of the term. This paper intends to approach the evolution of the ‘vernacular architecture’ designation, and to reflect about its current conceptual application, considering its most substantial ideological divergences over time.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A class of architectural styles which meet local needs, use local construction materials and reflect local traditions."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "architecture",
          "architecture"
        ],
        [
          "architectural",
          "architecture"
        ],
        [
          "style",
          "style"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(architecture) A class of architectural styles which meet local needs, use local construction materials and reflect local traditions."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "architecture"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "vernacular architecture"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "vernacular architecture"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.