Venetian Vernacular Architecture : Traditional Housing in the Venetian Lagoon (Paperback)

List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Glossary of terms; Part I. Building in the Venetian Lagoon: 1. General introduction; 2. The lagunar environment; 3. An historical introduction; 4. Building materials and their sources; 5. Methods of construction and vernacular details; 6. The guild system and the building crafts; 7. The economics of building in the lagoon; Part II. Housing Typology: 8. The city Palazzo-Fontego: its structure and appearance; 9. Derivations from the Palazzo-Fontego in the city; 10. Housing typology in the lagoon villages: an introduction; Part III. The Architecture of the Lagoon: an Illustrated Survey: 12. Murano; 13. Burano: a village of fishermen's cottages; 14. Pellestrina; 14. The rural and semi-rural environment: Mazzorbo, Torcello and Malamocco; 15. Conclusions; Postscript; Appendices; Select bibliography; Index.