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• Mission Revival

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Similar in spirit to Spanish Colonial trends, the early 20thcentury Mission Revival style is characterized by stucco walls made of white lime cement, often with graceful arches, flat roofs, and courtyards, but with less ornamentation. A fine example of a Mission Revival-style bungalow is the J. Knox Corbett House in Tucson's Historic District. Built of brick but plastered over in white to simulate adobe, it has a red-tile roof and a big screen porch at the back Pueblo Revival was someone else southwestern style that became particularly fashionable in the first three decades of the 20th century. It featured adobe or simulated adobe walls, with projecting vigas, and flat roofs with canales. The second and third stories were normally set back to look multistory pueblo dwellings, such as Taos Pueblo, hence the name. Features comprise rounded parapets, framed portal windows, and wood columns. This style has been used oftentimes in communal buildings; the Museum of Fine Arts in Santa Fe is an outstanding example.

The Museum of Fine Arts in Santa Fe was built in 1917 and was the first construction in Pueblo Revival style in the city. A central courtyard providing shade from the sun is one of its features.

• modern Architecture

Two of America's most prominent architects, Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) and Paolo Soleri (b. 1919) practiced in the Southwest. Wright's "organic architecture" advocated the use of local materials and the importance of the setting. His architectural involved at Taliesin West included a school, offices, and his home. It was built from desert stones and sand, and the mammoth proportions reflect the Arizona desert. In the 1940s, Italian Soleri studied at Taliesin. In 1956 he established the Cosanti Foundation devoted to "arcology," a synthesis of architecture and ecology that minimizes the waste of energy endemic in modern towns.