New Architecture on Indigenous Lands Contributor(s): Malnar, Joy Monice (Author), Vodvarka, Frank (Author) |
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ISBN: 081667745X ISBN-13: 9780816677450 Publisher: University of Minnesota Press OUR PRICE: $35.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2013 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Architecture | History - Contemporary (1945 -) - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies |
Dewey: 720.899 |
LCCN: 2013001445 |
Physical Information: 0.94" H x 9.99" W x 7.95" (2.53 lbs) 272 pages |
Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description:
A virtual tour of recent Native building projects in Canada and the western and midwestern United States, New Architecture on Indigenous Lands conducts readers through cultural centers and schools, clinics and housing, and even a sugar camp, all while showing how tribal identity is manifested in various distinctive ways. Focusing on such sites as the Tribal Council Chambers of the Pojoaque Pueblo; the Zuni Eagle Sanctuary in New Mexico; the Nk'Mip Desert Cultural Centre in Osoyoos, British Columbia; and the T'lisalagi'lakw Elementary School, Joy Monice Malnar and Frank Vodvarka offer wide-ranging insights into the sensory, symbolic, cultural, and environmental contexts of this new architecture. With close attention to details of design, questions of tradition, and cultural issues, and through interviews with designers and their Native clients, the authors provide an in-depth introduction to the new Native architecture in its many guises--and a rare chance to appreciate its aesthetic power. |