Very Good plus/VG; clean tight unmarked copy, dust jacket shows ordinary mild shelf and edge wear, approx 10" x 10 1/4" tall, 208 pages, preface by Genevieve Dormann intro by Christian Saglio collaboration from Jean-Francois Koenig watercolours by Monique de la Vallee Poussin photos by Christian Vaisse.

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Title

Living in Mauritius: Traditional Architecture of Mauritius

Publisher

Thames & Hudson

Publication Date

1990

Language

English

ISBN 10

0500236038

ISBN 13

9780500236031

Binding

Hard Cover

Condition

Very Good +

Dust Jacket Condition

Very Good

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Architecture

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English (translation)
Original French

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The wooden houses of Mauritius, an island in the Indian Ocean, may have evolved in part as an architectural reaction to such facts of nature as tropical downpours, humidity and cyclones. But however mundane the cause, the results are charming and take in a surprising amalgam of divergent yet harmonious styles. Color photographs and sketches pay homage to the European influences in a provincial Eden, explained in a clear and attentive text by several residents. The typical Mauritian home combines the impact of the French, the first settlers, who brought ornate wrought-iron balustrades and turreted or gabled roofs with them in the 18th century (their miniature chateaux sport names like "Malmaison" and "Mon Desir") and the 19th-century English, who fancied sprawling open or closed verandahs supported by stately columns reminiscent of American Southern plantations. With their often intricately carved fretwork, these buildings resemble giant white birdcages, silhouetted against a cobalt-blue sky. Halcyon interior shots are also included.
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