Caribbean Style

by Suzanne Slesin, Stafford Cliff, Daniel Rozensztroch

What visitor to the Caribbean has not been entranced by the beauty and spirit of its tropical islands? In Caribbean Style , more than 600 spectacular full-color photographs and an illuminating text re-create the houses, gardens, and lifestyle of this enchanting region.

A trendsetting book that combines travel and design, Caribbean Style offers a previously unseen view of the islands of Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Bartélémy, Antigua, Nevis, Montserrat, Barbados, Haiti, and Jamaica. The book includes information on island vegetation and colors, plantation houses, town houses, popular houses, contemporary houses, and gardens. In addition, the Architectural Notebook provides plans and information on different types of houses on the various islands.
        
These pages take you from plantation manor houses with gracious verandahs that catch the mild, cooling winds to brightly painted native dwellings adorned with imaginative wood trim; from colonial plantation gardens with rows of majestic palm trees and winding water canals left from earlier days to simple town-house gardens with bright
patches of bougainvilleas. Caribbean Style explodes with an intense profusion of images and colors. With this vivid portrait of the Caribbean, you will almost feel the soft breezes, inhale the fragrance of tropical flowers, and luxuriate in the warmth of the sun.

Genres: Architecture, Design, Nonfiction, Photography, Art

312 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1985

Reviews

[Kate · Rating 4 out of 5]

Older now, but still conveys the architectural spirit of the region. Time for an update - maybe Jamaican Style...all that wrought iron and colour deserves documentation.

[Kim Zinkowski · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lot's of pretty pictures!

[Frederic · Rating 1 out of 5]

Although purporting to document a "Caribbean style", this is really a collection of upscale colonialist houses, from only a few of the islands of the Caribbean and essentially ignoring the Spanish-speaking Caribbean. Pretty pictures, if you want to imagine yourself a rich white colonial sitting on a veranda, but doesn't begin to capture the range of the Caribbean.

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

Fabulous book on Carribean tropical architecture.

[Ron · Rating 4 out of 5]

A memorable look at historic plantations, inviting verandahs & colorful gardens. Makes you want to go on a vacation.

[Robin Stiles]

Authentic.