TY - BOOK AU - Samizay, Rafi. TI - Herati housing of Afghanistan [photocopy] / Rafi Samizay U1 - Pamphlet NA 1492 .S26 1974 CY - [S.l. : s.n.], 1974. KW - Architecture – Afghanistan KW - Housing – Afghanistan – Herat. KW - Afghanistan – Herat – Buildings, structures, etc. KW - Buildings – Conservation and restoration – Afghanistan – Herat KW - Architecture, Islamic – Conservation and restoration – Afghanistan KW - Housing – Afghanistan – Herat – Case studies KW - Reconstruction – Afghanistan N1 - Caption title; “Ekistics 227, October 1974”—running caption; “Afghanistan is still 90 percent rural ad the country has hardly been touched by twentieth century technology, with the result that traditional building methods are not a part of history but a continuing craft. However, modernization is beginning to effect Afghanistan’s mushrooming urban centers, upsetting the balance of traditional culture and the build environment. It is still possible and necessary to understand traditional solutions in evaluating new alternatives”—conclusion (p. 251) UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.2458/azu_acku_pamphlet_na1492_s26_1974 ER -