Caribbean Style

Part photo essay, part design survey, Caribbean Style offers cover-to-cover color photos (more than 600 in all) of the landscapes, facades, and interiors of the alluring Antilles, a region at once showy and down-to-earth. Visit the regal plantation manors, the elegant
town houses, the nicely appointed vacation homes, the proudly painted homes of the populace, and the omnipresent gardens of nine beautiful Caribbean islands. The very notion of a unified Caribbean style would seem to be impossible in this realm of separate island worlds, yet the diversity is rooted in a common Creole heritage, resulting in a fascinating vernacular architecture that tells the story of life--both past and present--in the West Indies. --Amy Handy

Un livre à classer dans "Beaux livres". À lire et surtout à regarder pour quiconque désire voyager dans les Antilles. Les photographies de Gilles de Chabaneix sont magnifiques.C'est un collectif avec Suzanne Slein: Strafford Cliff, Jack Berthelot et Martine Gaumé (2 architectes de Guadeloupe), Daniel Rozensztroch, Gilles de Chabaneix.