Caribbean Style

Fülszöveg

i - I X TC^^^Îf, J ¦¦Hi
C^IBBE^ STYÎTË'^
There are few visitors to the Caribbean who are not entranced by the vivid beauty and spirit of its tropical islands. In Caribbean Style, over 600 spectacular fiill-colour photographs and an illuminating text re-create the houses, gardens and lifestyle of this exotic region.
Caribbean Style offers a previously unseen view of the islands of Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Barthélémy, Antigua, Nevis, Monserrat, Barbados, Haiti and Jamaica. It highlights island vegetation and colour, plantation houses, town houses, popular houses, spectacular contemporary houses and inviting gardens. An Architectural Notebook also provides plans and information on different types of houses on the various islands.
These pages take you from plantation manor houses, with gracious verandahs that catch the mild, cooling winds, to brightly painted native dwellings decorated with imaginative wood trim; from plantation-house gardens, with rows of majestic palm trees... Tovább

Fülszöveg

i - I X TC^^^Îf, J ¦¦Hi
C^IBBE^ STYÎTË'^
There are few visitors to the Caribbean who are not entranced by the vivid beauty and spirit of its tropical islands. In Caribbean Style, over 600 spectacular fiill-colour photographs and an illuminating text re-create the houses, gardens and lifestyle of this exotic region.
Caribbean Style offers a previously unseen view of the islands of Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Barthélémy, Antigua, Nevis, Monserrat, Barbados, Haiti and Jamaica. It highlights island vegetation and colour, plantation houses, town houses, popular houses, spectacular contemporary houses and inviting gardens. An Architectural Notebook also provides plans and information on different types of houses on the various islands.
These pages take you from plantation manor houses, with gracious verandahs that catch the mild, cooling winds, to brightly painted native dwellings decorated with imaginative wood trim; from plantation-house gardens, with rows of majestic palm trees and winding water canals left from earlier days, to simple town-house gardens with bright patches of bougainvillaeas.
Following the successflil French Style, English Style and Italian Style, Caribbean Style turns to the exotic and explodes with an intense profusion of images and colours. With this captivating portrait of the Caribbean, you will almost feel the soft breezes, inhale the fragrance of tropical flowers and luxuriate in the warmth of the sun.
With over 600 colour illustrations Vissza