varchgroup.bsky.social
The Vernacular Architecture Group was formed in 1952 to further the study of traditional buildings, originally those of the British Isles. Today the VAG also reflects a growing interest in buildings from other parts of the world. https://www.vag.org.uk
👤 Joined on 24 February 2025
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@varchgroup.bsky.socialIf you’re drawn by our history and comforted by continuity - like the ghost gable here at Wirksworth - you might like my Genius Loci Digest - an architectural photographer’s camper-van-camino through the British Isles - posted weekly. Subscribe for free here: 👉
Show PostSedgeford, Norfolk A thread 🧵 - Cottage with interesting stone, brick & tile walls. • End gable with random flint nodules, carstone & brick wall. • Wall with row of terracotta tiles of 4 designs. • Detail of carstone, flint, brick & terracotta tiles. Tiny carstone galleting. #TilesOnTuesday
Show PostFor #WindowsOnWednesday here is a study I did while working on a recos traction drawing. Based largely on Bayleaf Farmhouse at the Weald & Downland Museum it includes features of the building I was working on, the smoke blackened wall & fall of light. #ArchitecturalIllustration #Drawing #ArtShare
Show Post✨ At York Merchant Adventurers' C14th timbered hall, the joy of craft has been caught in Medusa’s gaze – surging, soaring, uplifting. This place is not merely a building, but a glade within a forest – the medieval artisan’s woody memoranda embedded within the street. A must see.
Show PostLovely reminders (more FB Memories) of the Vernacular Architecture Group 2018 conference at Lafoty, Anglesey, a medieval hall house with later additions + me, illustrator at work, photographed by Linda Hall. #pencil #drawing #illustrator
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