num_pages: 320
description: Mary Colter may well be the best-known unknown architect in the world: her buildings at the Grand Canyon National Park-which include Lookout Tower, Hopi House, Bright Angel Lodge, and many others-are admired by almost five million visitors a year. This extraordinary book about an extraordinary woman weaves together three stories-the remarkable career of a woman in a man's profession during the late 19th century; the creation of a building and interior style drawn from regional history and landscape; and the exploitation, largely at the hands of the railroads, of the American Southwest for leisure travel.
language: English
title: Mary Colter: Architect of the Southwest
titlecomplete: Mary Colter: Architect of the Southwest
genres: History, Architecture, Travel, Nonfiction, Art
ratings_count: 57
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: WILLA Literary Award
category: Nonfiction
publisher: Princeton Architectural Press