Mary Colter, architect of the Southwest / Arnold Berke ; color photographs by Alexander Vertikoff.

Main entry:

Berke, Arnold.

Title & Author:

Mary Colter, architect of the Southwest / Arnold Berke ; color photographs by Alexander Vertikoff.

Publication:

New York : Princeton Architectural Press, 2002.

Description:

320 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 x 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 310-313) and index.
Drawn by the desert : "an incomprehensible woman in pants" -- The early years and the American arts and crafts -- Colter meets Harvey -- The Grand Canyon period -- Hotel architecture -- Return to Grand Canyon -- Serving the traveler -- The Colter legacy : "After me cometh a builder."

Summary:

Relates the career of architect Mary Colter, whose buildings at the Grand Canyon National Park, as well as three classic hotels - El Navajo (Gallup, NM), La Posada (Winslow, AZ), and Painted Desert Inn (Painted Desert, AZ), in which Colter employed Hopi, Zuni, Navajo, and Mexican motifs - made her Southwest rustic style immensely popular.

Resources:
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Publisher description

ISBN:

156898295X
9781568982953
156898345X (pbk.)
9781568983455 (pbk.)

Subject:

Colter, Mary Elizabeth Jane, 1869-1958.
Colter, Mary Elizabeth Jane 1869-1958
Colter, Mary Elizabeth Jane.
Fred Harvey (Firm) Buildings.
Fred Harvey (Firm)
Architecture Southwest, New.
Architects United States Biography.
Architecture États-Unis (Nouveau Sud-Ouest)
Architectes États-Unis Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women.
ARCHITECTURE / Individual Architects & Firms / General.
Architects
Architecture
Buildings
Architektur
Innenarchitektur
New Southwest
United States
USA

Form/genre:

collective biographies.
Biographies

Added entries:

Vertikoff, Alexander.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 219074
Call No.: NA44.C724.9 B4 2002
Status: Available

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