Margaret Moore Booker will present a lecture and sign her new book “The Santa Fe House” on Tuesday, Oct. 20, at 1 p.m. in the Willard Room of Zimmerman Library on the UNM campus. A resident of Santa Fe since November of 2004, Booker is a free lance scholar, writer, copyeditor, proofreader, and indexer. She is also researching and writing a number of artist and term entries for the Oxford University Press’s Grove Encyclopedia of American Art. Since moving to the Southwest, the region’s art, architecture and history have become the main focus of her research and writing.
Her book, “The Santa Fe House” presents 40 architecturally rich and picturesque residences, ranging from the earliest one-story adobe structures, with flat roofs and an emphasis on utility, to today’s bungalow and Mission style showing deep roots in Pueblo, Spanish, Mexican and Anglo traditions. It includes the best of the so-called “Southwest Territorial Style” introduced by newcomers from the East after 1846, as well as homes revealing ornate Victorian architectural influence.
The book has color photographs of Santa Fe’s most beautiful houses and features historic black and white photographs, maps, floor plans and other illustrations. Booker shows the best examples of traditional designs through private residences and historic house museums.
This event is organized by the University Libraries’ Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections and is open to all. For more information contact Audra Bellmore at abellmor@unm.edu or call 277-6451.
Media Contact: Karen Wentworth, (505) 277-5627; e-mail: kwent2@unm.edu
Posted by scarr at September 24, 2009 08:30 AM