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vernacular housing  

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  • The term VERNACULAR simply means native to a place. Anthropologists describe vernacular architecture as “ordinary building,” which is distinguished by its “communally sanctioned” qualities and its “intensity of social representation,” as opposed to individual expression. [Source: Encyclopedia of Environment and Society; Vernacular Housing]

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