Southwest Style : A Home-Lover's Guide to Architecture and Design [Hardcover]

Linda Mason Hunter (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 2000

From adobe casitas to log cabins to straw bale homes, this book includes honest, ingenious, and easily adaptable ideas from the heart of the Southwest.

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Hunter, a writer/stylist who specializes in design, provides a look at contemporary Southwest style, which goes beyond the pastel Native American design previously popular to include a mixture of Spanish, Mexican, and cowboy influences, and shows how to the look has been incorporated into home decor. First an overview is given of the region and the traditional architectural styles and details that comprise the Southwest style. Then homes in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, and Utah are depicted that exemplify each region's style from mountain to desert. Recommended for large interior design collections and where there is an interest.
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Product Details

• Hardcover: 208 pages
• Publisher: Cooper Square Publishing Llc (August 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0873587677
• ISBN-13: 978-0873587679
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 10 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #430,918 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Linda Mason Hunter (born in San Juan Puerto Rico in 1946) lives in Des Moines, Iowa and Vancouver, BC. Formerly employed by The Des Moines Register, Meredith Corp., and Rodale Press, she has free-lanced for the past 25 years, writing, scouting stories, and supervising photo shoots for major national publications. In addition to writing and editing, she paints in oil pastel. See www.hunterink.com.

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29 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful! Definitive resource for those who love SW design, October 17, 2000

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Dari B. Wayne (Lawrenceville, GA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Southwest Style : A Home-Lover's Guide to Architecture and Design (Hardcover)

Author, Linda Mason Hunter and photographer, Peter Vitale, have truly created a beautiful book showcasing the architecture and design of the American southwest. Spectacular photography and rich in text make this a visual feast for the eyes and mind.

Hunter divides this book into two parts: Elements and Regions. Part One contains chapters on Territory, Architecture, Architectural Details, Soul (my favorite chapter) and Rooms. Part Two covers West Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and the Four Corners region. From large, minimalist rooms with an alter or wall dedicated to the minutia of masks or milagros to rooms packed with painted furniture, baskets, deer horns, glassware and old family portraits indicative of the American West, Southwest Style demonstrates this often casually eclectic decorating form.

This unique marriage of cultures and landscapes has become a personal and spiritual decor favorite worldwide. Ms. Hunter states it best in the opening paragraph of Chapter Four, SOUL, "Southwest style includes a range of design concepts which, when found in combination, conveys a unique spirit of place." It is that "unique spirit of place" that this beautiful book offers to the reader.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars MORE please!, April 7, 2003

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Lorraine Pilon-Quast (Oakville, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Southwest Style : A Home-Lover's Guide to Architecture and Design (Hardcover)

Living in Ontario, Canada and designing an adobe like home is difficult and we need lots of inspirational books. This one is highly valued in our home during this design period and we recommend this book for anyone in our circumstances. We found it inspirational and useful to our architect who has little exposure to the southwestern style. But...we need more books just like this and find it difficult to buy a book on your site without you providing additional information about the book...for exmample...peeks inside at some of the photographs. That would be so useful. But don't hesitate to order this one; it is well worth the investment.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent display of southwest architectural styles., January 22, 2001

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Southwest Style : A Home-Lover's Guide to Architecture and Design (Hardcover)

Modern Southwest style blends Native American and Spanish cultures as Linda Hunter's Southwest Style artfully displays the architectural styles of the region, blending over two hundred fine color photos with details on accents and decorating style. An excellent display of architectural options in this design.