Spectacular Vernacular: The Adobe Tradition
by Bourgeois, Jean-Louis et al
- Used
- Condition
- VG- (Page margins are tanning lightly; this copy is WARMLY INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR to American artist Will Barnet and his wife Elena
- ISBN 10
- 0893816728
- ISBN 13
- 9780893816728
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Aperture Foundation, Inc, 1996. Softcover. VG- (Page margins are tanning lightly; this copy is WARMLY INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR to American artist Will Barnet and his wife Elena on the first page.). Orange and color illus. wraps, 196 pp., color illus. "Celebrates the beauty, variety, and efficiency of traditional adobe architecture in West Africa, Southwest Asia, and the American Southwest. In the severe desert climates of these areas, centuries of working with mud in the construction of homes, mosques, and whole villages have given rise to a remarkable range of styles and forms as visually stunning as any fabled city of myth and imagination -- or any postmodern metropolis. ... Noted Africanist Basil Davidson contributes an introduction that surveys centuries of interplay between Islam, older cultures, and the deserts of Africa and Asia." (inside front cover) This copy is WARMLY INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR to American artist Will Barnet and his wife Elena on the first page.
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- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 153461
- Title
- Spectacular Vernacular: The Adobe Tradition
- Author
- Bourgeois, Jean-Louis et al
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG- (Page margins are tanning lightly; this copy is WARMLY INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR to American artist Will Barnet and his wife Elena
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0893816728
- ISBN 13
- 9780893816728
- Publisher
- Aperture Foundation, Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- American Architecture ; Adobe Architecture ; ;
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