Architecture of the Lower Rio Grande Valley: An Introduction: 1

Through photographs Architecture of the Lower Rio Grande Valley: An Introduction celebrates the architecture of the Texas-Mexico border region its craftsmen its cultures and its climate. The architectural images by Pino Shah provide a journey through 160 years of history and heritage revealing the borders built environment as filtered through diverse cultures: Mexican Spanish American German and French. The photographs highlight the distinctive styles -- Spanish and Mexican Colonial border brick Mid-century Modern Pan American and 21st Century - found in the southernmost region of Texas. These architecturally significant buildings are often culturally and historically significant as well. Pino Shah is a world heritage architecture and performing arts photographer based in McAllen Texas and Ahmedabad India. Stephen Fox is an architectural historian and Fellow of the Anchorage Foundation of Texas provided the narratives for photographs and acted as an architectural advisor to the project.