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Vernacular Architecture is the academic journal of the Vernacular Architecture Group. Global in its approach, the journal welcomes papers that use the detailed study of traditional buildings to explore the societies, cultures, and environments that shape them. Papers may focus on construction techniques and materials, historical development and design, and the social and economic contexts in which buildings were erected. Historical, ethnological, and archaeological approaches are welcomed, as are comparative studies, and papers which focus on the histories of individually significant buildings. Such papers sit alongside theoretical discussions on the concept and nature of vernacular architecture. The focus of all papers should be the vernacular buildings themselves.

The journal also contains an annual list of tree-ring dated buildings in the British Isles, with dating details as well as descriptions of the buildings.

After initial screening by the Editor, papers are peer-reviewed by at least two independent reviewers.

Authors can choose to publish gold open access in this journal.

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