A colorful exploration of the life and work of Santa Fe architect John Gaw Meem.
Regarded as the leading southwest architect of his time, John Gaw Meem brought the Santa Fe style to its peak in the 1920s and 1930s. With original drawings, floor plans, and stunning color photographs, this book explores Meem's signature design elements and numerous examples of his unique Spanish- and Pueblo-influenced residences. 176 color and 100 black-and-white illustrationsBook Description
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Whole luscious spreads depict assortments of viga-banded portales, adobe fireplaces with parabolic openings, and entry paths leading through asymmetric beds of native plants to picturesquely massed homes. (Eve M. Kahn - Period Homes )
Unlike previous books written about Meem, Wilson's work on the Southwest's most notable architect has the perspective of time that allows a deeper understanding of his role in contributing to the larger issues of cultural identity in the Southwest....Wilson draws from numerous archival sources and blends a casual writing style and rigorous scholarship that allow this book to be read on a variety of levels….The study of Meem's work is as valuable today as it has ever been, and Facing Southwest is an exceptional tool to understand it. (R. Brooks Jeffery - New Mexico Historical Review )
The first intensive introduction to Meem's great houses—sun-baked retreats that echo deser mesas and open out to vast landscape panoramas. A book filled with dazzling photographs of the southwest landscape and Meem's signature houses, Facing Southwest is both intellectual biography and design handbook. (SirReadALot.org )
Unlike previous books written about Meem, Wilson's work on the Southwest's most notable architect has the perspective of time that allows a deeper understanding of his role in contributing to the larger issues of cultural identity in the Southwest....Wilson draws from numerous archival sources and blends a casual writing style and rigorous scholarship that allow this book to be read on a variety of levels….The study of Meem's work is as valuable today as it has ever been, and Facing Southwest is an exceptional tool to understand it. (R. Brooks Jeffery - New Mexico Historical Review )
The first intensive introduction to Meem's great houses—sun-baked retreats that echo deser mesas and open out to vast landscape panoramas. A book filled with dazzling photographs of the southwest landscape and Meem's signature houses, Facing Southwest is both intellectual biography and design handbook. (SirReadALot.org )
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Chris Wilson teaches at the University of New Mexico. He lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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In the late 1920s, near the beginning of his career, John Gaw Meem sometimes met prospective clients at La Fonda, the Spanish-Pueblo-style hotel at the southeast corner of the old Santa Fe plaza. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
corbel brackets, facing southwest, picturesque composition, adobe construction, log posts, bedroom wing Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Santa Fe, Los Poblanos, New Mexico, Spanish Colonial, Territorial Revival, New York, Gregg Residence, John Meem, Laura Gilpin, Meem Residence, Spanish Revival, Spanish-Pueblo Revival, John Gaw Meem, New Mexican, Sunmount Sanitarium, Ansel Adams, Carlos Vierra, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, World War, Hollenback Residence, Laboratory Director's Residence, Sandia Mountains, Elinor Gregg, Great Depression, Ernest Knee New!
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In the late 1920s, near the beginning of his career, John Gaw Meem sometimes met prospective clients at La Fonda, the Spanish-Pueblo-style hotel at the southeast corner of the old Santa Fe plaza. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
corbel brackets, facing southwest, picturesque composition, adobe construction, log posts, bedroom wing Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Santa Fe, Los Poblanos, New Mexico, Spanish Colonial, Territorial Revival, New York, Gregg Residence, John Meem, Laura Gilpin, Meem Residence, Spanish Revival, Spanish-Pueblo Revival, John Gaw Meem, New Mexican, Sunmount Sanitarium, Ansel Adams, Carlos Vierra, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, World War, Hollenback Residence, Laboratory Director's Residence, Sandia Mountains, Elinor Gregg, Great Depression, Ernest Knee New!
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- New Mexico (From Sea to Shining Sea, Second) by Therese DeAngelis in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- John Gaw Meem: Pioneer in Historic Preservation by Beatrice Chauvenet in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- John Marin by Ruth Fine on page 38
- New World Architecture by Sheldon Cheney on page 36
- Los Alamos (Spanish Edition) by Martin Cruz Smith in Back Matter
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- Santa Fe: A Walk Through Time by Kingsley Hammett on page 166
- Giving Preservation a History: Histories of Historic Preservation in the United States by Max Page in Back Matter
- Giving Preservation a History: Histories of Historic Preservation in the United States by Max Page in Back Matter
- Architectural Design Portable Handbook by Andy Pressman on page 49
- Everyday America: Cultural Landscape Studies after J. B. Jackson by Chris Wilson in Back Matter
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