Southwestern Ornamentation and Design: The Architecture of John Gaw Meem - Softcover

Anne Taylor

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0865340692 ISBN 13: 9780865340695

Publisher: Sunstone Press, 2017

Synopsis

The archives of the Meem Room in Zimmerman Library at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque contain a wealth of drawings done by one of New Mexico's most renowned architects, John Gaw Meem. Meem's legacy is in part his contribution to the preservation and renewal of historic American Southwestern architecture. Much of the indigenous building and craft work which inspired Meem is gone now, but his work remains as our model for historic architectural details and design. This book lauds Meem's substantial use of crafted ornamentation and details such as gates, doors, corbels, fireplaces, metal work, light fixtures, etc., and shows his sensitivity to the cultural environment he in turn contributed so much to as an example for homeowners, builders, and designers everywhere.

About this title

About the Author

Anne Taylor, PhD, is a University of New Mexico Regents professor and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) distinguished Professor Emerita. She was a professor at the School of Architecture and Planning, University of New Mexico, and is known internationally for her research on physical environments and their effects on learning and behavior, and the teaching of architecture and design to children. Taylor is the author of Linking Architecture and Education: Sustainable Design of Learning Environments and many journal articles on the same subject. Southwestern Ornamentation and Design can be used by teachers, architects and others to explore with their students symbolic architecture and design thinking in a unique part of the United States.

Edition details

• Publisher: Sunstone Press
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0865340692
• ISBN 13: 9780865340695
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 104