Māori Architecture: From fale to wharenui and beyond
ILLUSTRATED NON-FICTION FINALIST
Māori Architecture: From fale to wharenui and beyond
Deidre Brown
Raupo, Penguin Group (NZ)
ISBN 9780143011125
RRP $70.00
Māori Architecture charts, for the first time, the genesis and form of indigenous buildings in Aotearoa New Zealand. It explores the vast array of Māori-designed structures and spaces – how they evolved over time, and how they tell the story of an ever-changing people. The book looks at facets of early Polynesian settlement through to contemporary architecture.
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Dr Deidre Brown is a Māori art and architectural historian of northern Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kahu, Te Aupouri, Te Rarawa and Pākehā descent. Her previous books include Tai Tokerau Whakairo Rākau: Northland Māori Wood Carving (2003, winner of the Best First Book Award, Non-Fiction at the 2004 Montana New Zealand Book Awards), Introducing Māori Art (2005), Māori Arts of the Gods (2005) and Te Puna: Māori Art from Te Tai Tokerau Northland (2007, co-edited with Ngarino Ellis). She is currently Senior Lecturer at the School of Architecture and Planning, University of Auckland. |
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