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South Beach style / by Laura Cerwinske ; photography by Steven Brooke ; foreword by Bernard Zyscovich ; design by Barry Zaid.
Publication details: New York : H.N. Abrams, 2002.Description: p. 22 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0810990806 (pbk.) :
- Architecture -- Florida -- Miami Beach -- 20th century
- Interior decoration -- Florida -- Miami Beach -- History -- 20th century
- Decoration and ornament -- Florida -- Miami Beach -- Art deco
- South Beach (Miami Beach, Fla.) -- Buildings, structures, etc
- Miami Beach (Fla.) -- Buildings, structures, etc
- Art Deco Historic District (Miami Beach, Fla.)
- NA735.M4 C476 2002
Contents:
Summary: Miami's South Beach, an international playground and urban neighborhood in one, is known throughout the world for its dazzling style. Casual, colorful, and sensuous, it draws artists, writers, and world travelers. This compact, color-drenched book is a panorama of South Beach architecture, interior, and garden design. Readers will find houses, penthouses, clubs, shops, museums, bay-front gardens, and courtyard landscapes. The senses of style range from resort glamour to the urban edge, and from the sublimely modern to the ridiculously hedonistic.Summary: The stunning photographs are illuminated by a foreword by South Beach's preeminent architect, Bernard Zyscovich, who explores "Sustainable Hedonism, " the South Beach formula for urban vitality. Laura Cerwinske describes the architectural history of the island, the creation of the Tropical Deco style, and the cultural evolution of South Beach.
The South Beach palette of color and materials -- Hotels, restaurants, museums, cinemas, and clubs -- Homes: collections and recollections -- Homes: exotic and exuberant -- Homes: light and elegant -- Gardens, courtyards, and pools.
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The South Beach palette of color and materials -- Hotels, restaurants, museums, cinemas, and clubs -- Homes: collections and recollections -- Homes: exotic and exuberant -- Homes: light and elegant -- Gardens, courtyards, and pools.
Miami's South Beach, an international playground and urban neighborhood in one, is known throughout the world for its dazzling style. Casual, colorful, and sensuous, it draws artists, writers, and world travelers. This compact, color-drenched book is a panorama of South Beach architecture, interior, and garden design. Readers will find houses, penthouses, clubs, shops, museums, bay-front gardens, and courtyard landscapes. The senses of style range from resort glamour to the urban edge, and from the sublimely modern to the ridiculously hedonistic.
The stunning photographs are illuminated by a foreword by South Beach's preeminent architect, Bernard Zyscovich, who explores "Sustainable Hedonism, " the South Beach formula for urban vitality. Laura Cerwinske describes the architectural history of the island, the creation of the Tropical Deco style, and the cultural evolution of South Beach.
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