Few architectural styles evoke so strong a sense of place as Pueblo architecture. This book brings together experts from architecture and art, archaeology and anthropology, philosophy and history, considering Pueblo style not simply architecturally, but within its cultural, religious, economic, and climate contexts as well. The product of successive layers of Pueblo Indian, Spanish, and Anglo influences, contemporary Pueblo style is above all seen as a harmonious response to the magnificent landscape from which it emerged. Pueblo Style and Regional Architecture, first published in 1990, is a unique and thorough study of this enduring regional style, a sourcebook that will inform and inspire architects and designers, as well as fascinate those interested in the anthropology, culture, art, and history of the American Southwest.In an architecturally more sophisticated vein, in 1913 the San Diego architects Mead and Requa created a beach cottage ... Its aquot;interior decorations are of Hopi design and various knickknacks of the same tribe lend their picturesque aid to giveanbsp;...
Title | : | Pueblo Style and Regional Architecture |
Author | : | Nicholas C. Markovich, Wolfgang F. E. Preiser, Fred G. Sturm |
Publisher | : | Routledge - 2015-06-03 |
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