Housing Report: Timber-reinforced Stone Masonry (Koti Banal Architecture) of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, Northern India

Type Analysis report
Language English
Uploader Silje Ditlefsen
Publisher(s) World Housing Encyclopedia
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Location(s) India
Author(s) Piyoosh Rautela, Girish Chandra Joshi, Yogendra Singh, Dominik Lang
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This housing report is looking at Housing typologies in India, with a focus on a timber-reinforced stone masonry of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh in Northern India.

Despite being located in a high seismic risk area, a region in the Himalayan states of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh (Northern India) exhibits an elaborate tradition of constructing multistoried houses.