Santa Fe Style

by Christine Mather

Shows a variety of homes in the Santa Fe, New Mexico area and discusses the use of stone, adobe, Navajo weaving and crafts, folk art, and hand carved furnishings that make up the local style

Genres: Nonfiction

264 pages, Hardcover

First published April 15, 1993

Reviews

[Carolyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book has aged extremely well. It spends a lot of time with the spare, traditional roots of Southwestern style, and those never age. A few of the featured homes had more contemporary elements (1986), and they just looked like comfortable time capsules. This is a good one.

Fun facts: solar panels were juuuuuuust getting started at this time and the term “xeriscaping” does not appear in this book.

[Yvonne]

I read the first copy from 1986. As much as I like it, it feels outdated somehow and I do hope the newer editions are revised, especially with less BW pictures. Santa Fe style is about adobe, wood AND color. Lots of color.

[Leah · Rating 4 out of 5]

beauty-filled book!

Solid, handsome, chunky and hard-bound, in pictures and in words Santa Fe Style details New Mexico's capital city's history, legacy, and currents. Including both full-colour and B&W photographs makes a nice visual mix--as well as keeping production costs down to make a more affordable book. Sources at the end include Lifestyle, Wearable Art, Resources, native Materials, "Santa Fe Elsewhere," ("elsewhere" meaning in different states of the USA), and an index. It's ©1993, and very recently I got my close to perfect copy for a fairly good price at the library book sale, so look around if this interests you!

[Carmen · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was a good overview of all the elements that make Santa Fe homes and vicinity unique. It included art, housing, food, landscape, gardening, and displayed it with many photos. I enjoyed seeing the art in situ, in the homes of the people who enjoyed it. Many old photos were also in the book, which brought history to life. Back from a recent visit to Santa Fe and Taos, I wanted to read more about this unique area. This book gave an excellent overview. Can't wait to read some more specialized books.

[Sundry · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots of good photographs. Some interesting light historical context. A nice prelude to a visit to Santa Fe, since it has given me a little context for the architecture and art I'll be encountering.

Especially worth it since I bought it at a thrift shop!

[Willa Guadalupe Grant · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you love adobes & the Southwest then you will love this book- I doubt I will ever be rich enough to copy most of the ideas in it but it is fun to dream on.

[Avis Black · Rating 1 out of 5]

Okay as an introduction, but not a very exciting book.

[Michael Heath-Caldwell · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good book on the fairly rustic, rural and adobe style in the southern states of America.

[Dorothy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice detail on the unique architecture of New Mexico. Photos and details on individual homes, including a Frank Lloyd Wright home.

[Ron · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book captures the romantic aura of the unique Sant Fe architecture. The book is bold,pure and simple like the pueblo style.