Architecture of the Lower Rio Grande Valley: An Introduction
Architecture of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, #1
Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, Architecture, Public, Commercial, or Industrial Buildings
| Author: | Pino Shah, Stephen Fox | ISBN: | 9780997998429 |
| Publisher: | ArtByPino.com | Publication: | December 15, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Pino Shah, Stephen Fox |
| ISBN: | 9780997998429 |
| Publisher: | ArtByPino.com |
| Publication: | December 15, 2016 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
Through photographs, Architecture of the Lower Rio Grande Valley: An Introduction, celebrates the architecture of the Texas-Mexico border region, its craftsmen, its cultures and its climate. The architectural images by Pino Shah provide a journey through 160 years of history and heritage, revealing the border’s built environment as filtered through diverse cultures: Mexican, Spanish, American, German, and French. The photographs highlight the distinctive styles -- Spanish and Mexican Colonial, border brick, Mid-century Modern, Pan American and 21st Century – found in the southernmost region of Texas. These architecturally significant buildings are often culturally and historically significant as well.
Through photographs, Architecture of the Lower Rio Grande Valley: An Introduction, celebrates the architecture of the Texas-Mexico border region, its craftsmen, its cultures and its climate. The architectural images by Pino Shah provide a journey through 160 years of history and heritage, revealing the border’s built environment as filtered through diverse cultures: Mexican, Spanish, American, German, and French. The photographs highlight the distinctive styles -- Spanish and Mexican Colonial, border brick, Mid-century Modern, Pan American and 21st Century – found in the southernmost region of Texas. These architecturally significant buildings are often culturally and historically significant as well.
