Since fostering research into vernacular architecture and environments is one of VASSA’s aims, we offer a range of links that might assist you.
We welcome suggestions of relevant additions, please send them to: info@vassa.org.za
The Heritage Portal has archived a number of VASSA founder James Walton’s illustrated articles:
– Soap houses of the Karoo
– Mariendahl Brewery – one of South Africa’s finest industrial monuments
– Some early Piquetberg farms – illustrated by Johannes Cornelius Poortermans
– Corbelled Houses – Stone Beehive Dwellings in the North-Western Cape
The Heritage Portal also has a detailed listing of like-minded organisations / preservation groups / heritage resources: Look over this helpful list