Author: Krinsky, Carol Herselle
Title: Contemporary Native American Architecture: Cultural Regeneration and Creativity
Description: New York, Oxford University Press, 1996. orig.cloth. 27x18cm, x,277 pp. Textual photo illustrations. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ This work is dedicated to the premise that Native American architecture has blossomed in the last 30 years, along with other indigenous arts. The author has engaged in an extensive survey of recent building types and augmented the results with interviews with those directly involved in architectural projects. The information gained is valuable in itself, but readers may have a more difficult time discerning the cultural movements Krinsky so eagerly postulates. This is not the fault of the author, a meticulous architectural historian. Rather, the book's survey reveals just how disparate quality contemporary architecture can be, regardless of its creators' background. Replete with vital plans, sketches, and exterior photographs, this work does add new and valuable information on a whole category of modern building. The pieces do not necessarily add up to firm evidence of a cultural renaissance, but academic libraries covering contemporary architecture will want to add this title as a necessary sequel to Peter Nabokov's historically focused Native American Architecture (Oxford Univ. 1989)" - Paula A. Baxter, NYPL, in 'Library Journal' [Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.]

Keywords: Architectural History, Native Americans, American Indians, Vernacular, Architecture, North America, United States, ,