Caribbean StyleWhat 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. Barte le my, 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." |
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Caribbean Style Suzanne Slesin,Stafford Cliff,Jack Berthelot,Martine Gaume,Daniel Rozensztroch No preview available - 1999 |
Caribbean Style Suzanne Slesin,Jack Berthelot,Stafford Cliff,Martine Gaume No preview available - 1994 |
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19th century allows air Antigua Antillean antique arched architecture balconies Barbados Basse-Terre bedroom BOTTOM LEFT bougainvillea brick building built Carib Caribbean style carved cast-iron ceiling CENTER Chabaneix Clarence House climate COCONUT HOTEL color courtyard Creole cutout decorative dining room doorway English entrance exterior façade frame French fretwork front furnished furniture gallery garden Greater Antilles ground floor Guadeloupe Haiti Haitian hangs HOTEL OLOFFSON house on Haiti interior islands Jack Berthelot Jacmel JAN MORRIS kitchen LEFT AND LEFT Lesser Antilles living room louvered louvered doors mahogany main house Marie-Galante Martine Gaumé Martinique Montserrat motif Nevis ocean painted pieces pink plantation house planted Pointe-à-Pitre popular house porch Port-au-Prince rear residence RIGHT roof Rozensztroch second-floor shutters sitting room situated staircase stands stone structure sugar sugarcane surrounded terrace tile floor tion town house trees tropical ture typical vegetable verandah walls water house wicker wood wrought-iron