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CINATTI (RUY); ALMEIDA (Leopoldo de) & MENDES (Sousa). ARQUITECTURA Timorense. Lisboa. 1987. - CINATTI (RUY); ALMEIDA (Leopoldo de) & MENDES (Sousa) ARQUITECTURA Timorense . Lisboa: Museu de Etnologia, 1987. 232 pp.: il.; 305 mm. A seminal work on the vernacular architecture of Timor, resulting from the joint fieldwork of Ruy Cinatti (London, 1915 - Lisbon, 1986), poet, agronomist and anthropologist who dedicated decades to the study of Timorese culture, Leopoldo Castro de Almeida (1932-1996), sculptor and professor, and António de Sousa Mendes (b. 1921), architect. The research, developed from scientific missions to the island between the 1950s and 1960s, systematically documented seven types of traditional housing corresponding to seven geographical areas, combining rigorous architectural surveying with photographic and ethnographic records. The work is considered the essential reference on the subject and a fundamental contribution to understanding Timorese cultural diversity. Ruy Cinatti, who died in 1986, did not live to see the book published. Sought after. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate