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| Architect | Vernacular |
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| Location | Tunisia | |
| Building Type | house | |
| Construction System | underground, earth and rock | |
| Climate | hot, dry | |
| Context | rural | |
| Style | Tunisian Vernacular | |
| Notes | Underground dwellings. | |
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Sources on Matmeta Houses
Gideon S. Golany. Earth-Sheltered Dwellings in Tunisia: Ancient Lessons for Modern Design. Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1988. aerial photo of village, p49, fig 31. aerial photo of pit, p60, fig 46. Kevin Matthews. The Great Buildings Collection on CD-ROM. Artifice, 2001. ISBN 0-9667098-4-5. Available at Amazon.com
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