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An undecorated rondavel

Rondavel is a style of African hut known in literature as cone on cylinder or cone on drum. The word comes from the Afrikaans rondawel.[1][2]

  1. ^ Gerald Steyn (2006). The indigenous rondavel – a case for conservation. TUT. p. SAJAH 2006, volume 21, number 1: 21–38.
  2. ^ Allen G Noble (2007). Traditional Buildings: A Global Survey of Structural Forms and Cultural. IB Tauris. p. 160.

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