Lessons from Sukur Vernacular Architecture: A Building Material Perspective

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2013
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DODO, Yakubu Aminu AHMAD, Mohd Hamdan DODO, Mansir BASHIR, Faizah Muhammad SHIKA, Suleiman Aliyu
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This study presents the lessons from the vernaculars Architecture of sukur kingdom with a focus on the use of building materials as a sustainable means for solving problems facing presentday architecture in issue of sustainability; in particular the critical housing situation in the developing countries. Through a case study of the ancient vernacular Architecture of sukur the result shows that stakeholders in the construction industry could reflect on how this building materials and the techniques in operation in their region by translating it in a modern way to address those striking design problems through solving them from the masters' builders.
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Department of Architecture, Faculty of Built Environment, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia Professor & Executive Director, Institute Sultan Iskandar Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Johor- Bahru, Malaysia. Department of Building, Faculty of Environmental Design, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria Centerfor Real Estate Studies, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia adyaaminu@yahoo.com, bb-hamdan@utm.myA cmansirdo14@yahoo.com, dfaizahbash@yahoo.comm, easshika1 @gmail.com,