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By: ARNOLD BERKE
Price: $15.00
Publisher: PRINCETON ARCHITECTURAL PRESS:
Seller ID: IM515539
ISBN: 156898345X
Condition: VERY GOOD CONDITION
Mary Colter may well be the best-known unknown architect in the world: her buildings at the Grand Canyon National Park-which include Lookout Tower, Hopi House, Bright Angel Lodge, and many others-are admired by almost five million visitors a year. This extraordinary book about an extraordinary woman weaves together three stories-the remarkable career of a woman in a man's profession during the late 19th century; the creation of a building and interior style drawn from regional history and landscape; and the exploitation, largely at the hands of the railroads, of the American Southwest for l... View more info
