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Tibetan Traditional Architecture: The Vernacular Under Fire
Tibet has produced one of the world’s most unique and easily-recognizable forms of architecture. Nevertheless, systematic study of Tibetan architecture is still a comparatively unexplored field. Tibetan construction activities can be traced back over 1300 years, when the first Buddhist temples were built in central Tibet. One of these, the Lhasa Jokhang, still exists and yields important information about the origins and early development of Tibetan architecture (see architectural history of the Lhasa Jokhang).
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Posted in Culture, History, Placemaking, Sustainability, Uncategorized, vernacular architecture, walkable
Tagged Bhutan, Buddhist temples, China, Disneyfication, endangered regional design, flat roofs, Himalayan landscape, India, Indian architecture, interior timber frame, Ladakh, Lhasa Jokhang, modernization, Mongolia, Nepal, organic design, Pakistan, Potala Palace, sustainable architecture, Tibet Heritage Fund, Tibetan architecture, trapezoidal form, UNESCO world heritage site, vernacular architecture
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