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The Traditional architecture of Mexico / Mariana Yampolsky / text by Chloe Sayer

By:

Yampolsky, Mariana, , 1925-

Contributor(s):

Sayer, Chloë

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : Thames and Hudson , c1993Description: 208 p. : illus. ; 26 cmISBN:

0500341281

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

LAS 728 YAM

Summary: All over the world there is a reawakening of interest in local, traditional approaches to architecture. In Mexico, nearly five centuries after the Spanish Conquest, the descendants of the Aztec and the Maya may no longer build pyramids, but their rural dwellings reflect the past in other ways: perfectly adapted to their environment, they incorporate natural materials such as palm for thatching, wattle, stones, adobe

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Latin American Studies	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	LAS 728 YAM (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		064139

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All over the world there is a reawakening of interest in local, traditional approaches to architecture. In Mexico, nearly five centuries after the Spanish Conquest, the descendants of the Aztec and the Maya may no longer build pyramids, but their rural dwellings reflect the past in other ways: perfectly adapted to their environment, they incorporate natural materials such as palm for thatching, wattle, stones, adobe

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