Mary Colter: Architect of the Southwest
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 leisure travel.Author: Alexander Vertikoff, Arnold BerkePublisher: Princeton Architectural PressPublished: 03/27/2002Pages: 320Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 2.63lbsSize: 8.02h x 9.98w x 1.31dISBN: 9781568983455Award: WILLA Literary Award - Winner