Title: The Maori builds
First published: 1966
Description: "Approaches Maori architecture wholly within the context of Maori social life; there are descriptions not only of [buildings] ... but also of the everyday life of the Maori people"--Introduction.

This book describes and illustrates Maori building, life and culture from the Moahunter Phase the Classic Phase to the influences of early European and modern society. A feature of the Maori Builds is the approach to Maori architecture as an intergral part of his everydaylife: the author and illustrator look at the Maori people, their life and architecture, as one.
Subjects: Architecture, Maori, Maori (New Zealand people), Maori Architecture