Doris Duke's Shangri-La: A House in Paradise: Architecture, Landscape, and Islamic Art

by Donald Albrecht

This inspiring book accompanies the first traveling exhibition about Doris Duke's estate Shangri La and its influential synthesis of modernist architecture and Islamic art and design. Situated on five acres of terraced gardens and pools overlooking the Pacific Ocean and Honolulu's Diamond Head, Shangri La was the idyllic paradise of philanthropist Doris Duke, reflecting her personal passion for the art, architecture, and design of the Islamic world...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0847838951
• ISBN13: 9780847838950
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Rizzoli Electa
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 3.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 9.9" x 12.3"