Albuquerque Deco and Pueblo

By Paul R. Secord

Book Overview

Albuquerque's response to Modernism--the architectural avant-garde of the first half of the 20th century--was complex and varied.

The growing city looked to the new as well as the mythic past characterized by the Santa Fe style. The result was rarely restricted to one cultural tradition. Influences include forms and motifs from a variety of intermixed cultural and social collisions. The result can be sophisticated, as with the Albuquerque Indian Hospital, or homespun, like the Shaffer Hotel in Mountainair. Enjoy the rich architectural history of Albuquerque and its unique cultural mixing of various Native American, Hispanic, and 19th- and 20th-century Anglo American forms and motifs in 15 historic black-and-white postcards.

• Format: Ring-bound
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738595306
• ISBN13: 9780738595306
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 15 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.8" x 4.2"