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Give a reasoned geographical account of changing rural folk houses in india.

  • UPSC 2020
  • Settlements

A folk house is the vernacular dwelling built by its occupants from local material, form set by climate, material, occupation and custom, not by a designer — the definition on which Paul Oliver founded vernacular architecture as a field.

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  • What Makes a House a Folk House
  • The Regional Types and the Logic That Produced Them
  • Why the Folk House Is Being Replaced
  • Judgement: Durability Bought at the Price of Comfort

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