In his 1964 book, Architecture Without Architects, Bernard Rudofsky asserted that "architectural history as we know it ... amounts to little more than a who's who of architects who commemorated power, ...

Until the mid-nineteenth century the vast majority of the people of Ireland lived in houses that they built themselves with the help of family and neighbours. This vernacular building culture drew on ...

"Vernacular buildings are prototypes of human architecture," Pu said at a book talk at the Yale Center Beijing on Jan 8. "They cater to residents' material, social and spiritual needs.