Do not skip the introductory text. Rudofsky writes with a sharp, almost sarcastic wit. He attacks the modernist notion that "high architecture" is superior to indigenous building. He argues that anonymous builders have achieved a "naturalness" and "communal validity" that licensed architects often fail to reach.
If you are an architecture student, a professional feeling burnt out by the starchitect rat race, or simply a lover of vernacular history, finding a PDF of Bernard Rudofsky’s Arquitectura sin Arquitectos is a small digital treasure.
Estas construcciones aprovechan los materiales locales y se adaptan de forma inteligente al clima y la topografía.