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Venacular cottage near Laragh, Co. Wicklow

The ruins of a venacular cottage near Laragh, Co. Wicklow

Copyright Peter McGuire

Venacular cottage near Laragh, Co. Wicklow
Copyright Peter McGuire

Venacular cottage near Laragh, Co. Wicklow

The ruins of a venacular cottage near Laragh, Co. Wicklow

Copyright Peter McGuire

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Much as international cuisines develop with reference to locally available ingredients, people across the world avail of whatever materials are locally available for building their homes, using ingenuity to ensure the home is appropriate for the climate and landscape, and all the while keeping an eye on both tradition and popular styles.

All these factors are now considered in present-day professional architectural designs.