Creole Houses: Traditional Homes of Old Louisiana - Hardcover

Gross, Steve; Daley, Susan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0810954958 ISBN 13: 9780810954953

Publisher: Abrams, 2007

Synopsis

Creole houses, found from New Orleans to northern Louisiana, are one of the nation’s unique architectural treasures. A blend of French and Spanish colonial styles, with West Indian, Canadian, and other influences, these lovely houses were astutely designed to withstand their sultry, subtropical environment. Significantly, most major examples withstood the devastating hurricanes of 2005.No other book of photography evocatively examines the development of this singular American style, embracing architecture and interior decoration, which thrived from the early eighteenth through the mid-nineteenth century. Creole Houses offers an appreciation of Creole culture as seen through its historic homes and celebrates not only a memorable way of life, but the history, and the unique sensibility, that produced it.

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A must have for all who have a wet, warm spot in their hearts for New
Orleans. -- World of Interiors, June 2007

Synopsis

Creole houses, found from New Orleans and the bayou country to northern Louisiana, are one of the nation's unique architectural traditions. A blend of French and Spanish colonial styles with other influences, these houses are not only lovely; they were astutely designed to withstand their sultry, subtropical environment. (Significantly, no major examples were lost to the devastating hurricanes of 2005). Among the things Creoles brought into gentle harmony here were houses of simple, understated beauty and essential practicality. This book showcases the architecture, interiors and decor of twenty-one quintessential Creole homes, including one-story cottages, grand plantation houses and refined urban town houses, all meticulously restored. They are the products of the rich culture that flourished in Louisiana before it became part of the United States in 1803 - a mass of European, Canadian, West Indian, African and Native American influences. "Creole Houses" traces the development of this singular American style, which thrived from the early eighteenth through the mid-nineteenth century and offers an appreciation of Creole culture as seen through its historic homes.

It is a celebration not only of a memorable vernacular architecture, but of the history and the unique sensibility, that produced it.

Edition details

• Publisher: Abrams
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0810954958
• ISBN 13: 9780810954953
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192