Patios and Gardens of Mexico

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Companion Volumes to PATIOS AND GARDENS OF MEXICO
TRADITION OF CRAFTSMANSHIP IN MEXICAN HOMES
by Patricia O'Gorman. Photographs by Bob Schalkwijk. The enchanted world portrayed in this book has been created by architects and artists out of simple basic materials. The book offers excellent examples ofthe native Mexican Art of building, much of it done with primitive methods that achieve great dignity in their proportions and provide ideas of form and color for interior decoration and furniture. 270 pages, 438 illustrations.
HOUSES OF MEXICO origins and traditions
by Verna Cook Shipway and Warren Shipway. This book delves into the roots of the bold but elegant Mexican style. It includes many photographs from Spain and Portugal reflecting the Moorish influence. The book provides a view of the marvelous diversity and ingenuity in Mexican homes. 200 pages, 350 photos, glossary.
MEXICAN HOMES OF TODAY
by Verm Cook Shipway and Warren Shipway. The authors show the development and... Tovább

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Companion Volumes to PATIOS AND GARDENS OF MEXICO
TRADITION OF CRAFTSMANSHIP IN MEXICAN HOMES
by Patricia O'Gorman. Photographs by Bob Schalkwijk. The enchanted world portrayed in this book has been created by architects and artists out of simple basic materials. The book offers excellent examples ofthe native Mexican Art of building, much of it done with primitive methods that achieve great dignity in their proportions and provide ideas of form and color for interior decoration and furniture. 270 pages, 438 illustrations.
HOUSES OF MEXICO origins and traditions
by Verna Cook Shipway and Warren Shipway. This book delves into the roots of the bold but elegant Mexican style. It includes many photographs from Spain and Portugal reflecting the Moorish influence. The book provides a view of the marvelous diversity and ingenuity in Mexican homes. 200 pages, 350 photos, glossary.
MEXICAN HOMES OF TODAY
by Verm Cook Shipway and Warren Shipway. The authors show the development and emergence in modern form of today's Mexican home. The emphasis is on current trends—contemporary houses plus views of gardens, pools, doors, furniture and architectural details. 272 pages, 339 photos, 19 measured drawings, 6 plans.
THE MEXICAN HOUSE old and new
by Verm Cook Shipway and Warren Shipway. "The typical Mexican houses illustrated here provide the antidote for much that has gone wrong in modern architecture elsewhere."—Mexican City News. 208 pages, 312 photos, measured drawings, appendices.
MEXICAN INTERIORS
by Vema Cook Shipway and Warren Shipway. "With skill and perception the authors examine the influences that have formed the modern Mexican house—a, style of decorative art bold and contradictory in its components, yet harmonious in effect."—/lienor Design. 272 pages, 462 photos, 43 drawings.
PATIOS AND GARDENS OF MEXICO
Text by Patricia W. O'Gorman Photographs by Bob Schalkwijk
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A stone arched gate, a millstone path, a blue and white tiled pool with a quiet fountain, brilliant marigolds, stone sculptures of playful angels and stately lions—the Mexican garden is a serene oasis that displays a diversity and ingenuity that is truly astonishing.
Because of Mexico's pleasant landscapes and warm climate the extension of the home to include outdoor living has been a natural part of residential architecture and decoration. Sometimes bold and starkly elegant, sometimes romantically ornate, these gardens tastefully combine Mexico's double heritage of Indian influence and the multi-faceted Spanish influence and provide an expression in building and design that is unique and rich.
Patios and Gardens of Mexico visits scores of Mexican homes to show the variety of possibilities. Over 300 magnificent photographs and drawings and a detailed text record a treasure of examples of outdoor planning and decoration, including gates, entrances and paths, walls, terraces, stairs, water fountains, swimming pools, sculpture, furniture, lighting, balconies, roof gardens as well as trees, plants and flowers. The gardens examined represent almost every period of Mexican architecture from sixteenth century colonial architecture through contemporary experiments.
The home builder and architect, the home-maker and interior decorator will find inspiration here. The lover of beautiful and tasteful homes will find an accurate record of a way of life in which architecture, climate and tradition combine to satisfy a gracious and leisurely view of civilization. Vissza