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Facing Southwest is a colourful 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 colour photographs, this book explores Meem?s signature design elements and numerous examples of his unique Spanish- and Pueblo-influenced residences. It includes 176 colour and 100 black-and-white illustrations.

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9780393731750

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"""[A] sophisticated and well-written book that will appeal to historians of American modernism and casual aficionados of the southwestern style."" -- Victoria Solan, University of Chicago - Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians"

[A] sophisticated and well-written book that will appeal to historians of American modernism and casual aficionados of the southwestern style. -- Victoria Solan, University of Chicago

Facing Southwest is a welcome and worthy addition to a slim library on one of America's least known and best architects of the twentieth century. Written and illustrated in a concise, penetrating, and poetic manner, it parallels the intensity of the man and his work. Stefanos Polyzoides, Chair of the Board, Congress for the New Urbanism

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Chris Wilson teaches at the University of New Mexico. He lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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