What I have is very close to what I need. I'd rather not waste your time by elaborating, though.

I definitely should have added that.

Accidentally sent too early. Here's what I have investigated so far:

- Pre-Colombian "Revivals" of the ~1940s. Particularly those that were related to Art Deco
- Pueblo Style
- Various Canadian case studies of successful indigenous-inspired projects by Douglas Cardinal, as well as Busby and Associates
- General Latin American plaza and city layout/design. Interesting paper. I can link it if you are curious.
- American Southwest styles, such as "Santa Fe Style". Architects such as John Gaw Meem and Antoine Predock

I've also heard that some architects in the American northwest are borrowing some native elements of design, to create a regional style.

I have also looked into Contemporary Native American Architecture, too. If possible, I will edit the original post to include this info.

I pass by a Douglas Cardinal building everyday, two if I really want to.

Thank you. I believe I have, more or less, what I need. No need for additional steps that require an NDA. I appreciate the follow-up though.

I see this every morning on my way to the office.

I have a Douglas Cardinal Building in my small city too

Grande Prairie Regional College

^sexy

It’s a pretty sweet building. They named the theater after him. Very nice inside.

Understandable. I will reconsider the scope of the project. Thank you for your help.

You find it interesting, doesn't make it interesting per se. It's just useless decoration and fluf and I'm sure it leaks :)

I'd find it very interesting if that recess in front of the fireplace served as a hot tub.

Interesting. Perhaps there are some parallels between brutalism and the shapes/materials used in Mayan/Other Pre-Colombian civilizations?

Non, that's the sacrificial altar.

Miles, one can still perform sacrifices while sitting in a hot tub.

Beautiful sure, but not very interesting of course, just some superficial surface treatment. There are more pressing issues in the (American) architectural landscape I hope.

Thanks for the input. At the moment, I am looking for native-inflected architectural styles or buildings. Essentially, anything that has been derived from indigenous architecture. Quite broad - I am aware of that. The time period that I am focusing on is the range of the
20th century to today.

You need to be more regionally specific. The points above are all unique rabbit hole that their own twists and turns. To say “there’s a lot of 20th century indigenous architecture out there...” is akin to saying “There are a lot of building styles out there...”

Vernacular architecture was my initial path for my research. I do believe that there is a lot of promise in vernacular architecture for my topic, but the available literature about vernacular architecture doesn't really give me anything concrete. Still, thank you
though!

Simply going to the vernacular won't give you the response you need. The vernacular is a response to local availability of building materials and methods, and is heavily influenced by European architecture (English, Spanish, and Portuguese). Paradoxically, you will have to look for neo-indigenous styles pursued by the architectural elites that are heavily European in origin, but pursue the notion of the "Noble Savage" as a more pure form of intervention in the built environment. It happened very strongly in Literature, but also in other arts including Architecture. There are some strong examples above in the works of Frank Lloyd Wright, also European in origin, but drawing from American Indigenous sources.

I do agree that the lessons from indigenous architecture would be more interesting than just identifying the
architecture itself. That would make an already cumbersome scope even larger though. I'll give it a look in the future, though.

Ignore accurate and pertinent advice now because you can always heed it later. Unless we mine the planet into inhabitability first.