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Despite the increasingly global orientation of urban morphology, there still remain countries whose achievements in the field of urban form research are underrepresented. Although the attempts to study settlement form in Lithuania were rather early, the second half of the 20th century was the most productive period. The article presents context, process and findings of the folk architecture research, which became the nurturing environment for the establishment of contemporary urban form studies in Lithuania.

Lithuanian Folk Architecture Research as a Repository for the Study of Urban Form

inesa.alistratovaite-kurtinaitiene@vilniustech.lt

Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VILNIUS TECH)

Architecture and Urban Planning

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Despite the increasingly global orientation of urban morphology, there still remain countries whose achievements in the field of urban form research are...

Lithuanian Folk Architecture Research as a Repository for the Study of Urban Form

Published Online: Feb 14, 2022

Page range: 1 - 9

Received: Oct 08, 2021

Accepted: Jan 03, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aup-2022-0001

Keywords
Folk architecture, Lithuania, typology of settlements, urban form

© 2022 Matas Cirtautas et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Lithuanian Folk Architecture Research as a Repository for the Study of Urban Form

Published Online: Feb 14, 2022

Page range: 1 - 9

Received: Oct 08, 2021

Accepted: Jan 03, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aup-2022-0001

KeywordsFolk architecture, Lithuania, typology of settlements, urban form

© 2022 Matas Cirtautas et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Folk architecture, Lithuania, typology of settlements, urban form