Folk architecture

Folk architecture

Simple structures usually intended to provide only basic shelter suitable for the surrounding terrain, without concern for following any architectural style; built of local materials and available tools by people who would inhabit them.

Folk architecture

An imprecise term for architecture intended to provide only basic shelter suitable for the surrounding terrain and climate, with no pretense of following current styles of architecture. Such houses were built using local materials and available tools, often by the people who planned to live in them.