Casa Guatemalteca: Architecture, Landscape, Interior Design (Spanish Edition) [Hardcover]

Katia Niesiolowska (Author), Benjamin Villegas (Editor), Ange A. Bourda (Photographer), Jimmy Weiskopf (Translator)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 1999

Conceived as intimate refuges for meditation, delight, and entertainment, Guatemalan houses are exceptional examples of Latin American architecture.

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About the Author

A daughter of European parents, Katia Niesiolowska grew up in Lima, Peru and went to university in Munich, Germany. She has worked in diverse fields: from fashion in Spain to banking in London to Real Estate in New York. In the early 1980s, she moved to Guatemala and devoted herself to making furniture and crafts for her own decoration business. House of Guatemala is her first book.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 248 pages
• Publisher: Villegas Editores; 1 edition (August 1, 1999)
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN-10: 9589393713
• ISBN-13: 978-9589393710
• Product Dimensions: 11.4 x 9.4 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,254,824 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars magnificent, January 17, 2000

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M.Castro/SJO 0069 (Costa Rica) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Casa Guatemalteca: Architecture, Landscape, Interior Design (Spanish Edition) (Hardcover)

Great photographs, incredible mansions at antigua, ideal for people interested in decorating with antiques. Beautiful gardens, magnificent to watch how architects mix so artisticaly the ruins at antigua with the new homes without destroying the sense of such an old and historic city.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Courtyards & architecture at a wonderful price, April 22, 2001

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"mrsgris" (Tracy, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Casa Guatemalteca: Architecture, Landscape, Interior Design (Spanish Edition) (Hardcover)

We bought 2 of these books in Guatemala and paid almost twice Amazon's price! Bummer but we loved the book. Pictures are awsome and when we got home everyone wanted our books to keep so I was so pleased to find it on Amazon and at a bargain price.

Not only is it a wonderful collage of home styles and decorating ideas with professional quality photos but the history of the architecture is a very interesting read as well. I'd call this one of the best books we ever purchased. If you are interested in Guatemala and/or Central American architecture, I think you'll love this book.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pase adelante a la Casa Guatemalteca, April 3, 2001

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Ana Luisa Aldana (San Mateo, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Casa Guatemalteca: Architecture, Landscape, Interior Design (Spanish Edition) (Hardcover)

For a Guatemalan like myself, it is a thrill to have a book like this in order to show people some of the best our country has to offer in the way of art, architecture, use of space and color and textiles. I am sorry Amazon does not make this book available. However, it is found in both English and Spanish in Guatemala. Anybody going down there should pick it up. I picked one up during my last trip as a gift for my mother-in-law, a tenured ASID Interior Designer in San Jose, California (she was very thrilled!). My only 'complaint' is that they did not show more houses outside of the Antigua/Guatemala City circuit, e.g. Quetzaltenango, the great estates in Escuintla, etc. In fact, it is a bit too Antigua focused, which in that case it should have been called "Casa Antigua". However, do not let this detract from acquring this wonderful book.