Spectacular Vernacular
Download or Read eBook Spectacular Vernacular PDF written by Jean-Louis Bourgeois and published by Aperture. This book was released on 1996 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : Jean-Louis Bourgeois |
Publisher | : Aperture |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 1996 |
ISBN-10 | : UOM:39015035772204 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (04 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Spectacular Vernacular by : Jean-Louis Bourgeois
Book excerpt: In these images, white arabesques dance on red walls, and abacus-like mud colonnades shield farmers from sun and wind; mud is "twisted" into playful columns, sculpted into ornate facade relief, and massed into lofty towers of majestic mosques. This edition's new afterword discusses adobe politics in New Mexico, and illustrates the authors' own adobe home.