Vernacular architecture

Minangkabau architecture from West Sumatra, Indonesia, inspired by the shape of a buffalo horn

Vernacular architecture or Folk architecture is when buildings are made in a shape or style that the local culture prefers.

Vernacular Architecture Media

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  English vernacular building, 16th-century half-timbering and later buildings, in the village of Lavenham, Suffolk

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  A pair of single 1920s shotgun houses in the Campground Historic District of Mobile, Alabama

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  A traditional Batak house, Indonesia, in ancient Austronesian architectural style

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  Ukrainian traditional house

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  A post-World War II dwelling at the Big Pasture Plateau, Slovenia, designed by the architect Vlasto Kopač and based on the vernacular architecture of this mountainous area

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  House in Brgule, Serbia

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  A log cabin in the region of Kysuce, Slovakia—an example of vernacular architecture in a relatively cold mountain climate using local wood

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  Queenslander home in Australia

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  Stilt houses in Cempa, located in the Lingga Islands of Indonesia