MIZNER'S FLORIDA. American Resort Architecture

Curl, Donald W

ISBN 10: 0262530686 / ISBN 13: 9780262530682

Verlag: The Architectural History Foundation, MIT Press (1987), New York, 1987

Beschreibung

Oversized, wrappers., xii + 250 pages. Includes many black and white photo reproductions, notes, bibliography, list of buildings and index. Red ink underlining in introduction and 7 pages of the text. Crease on front cover, light wear at cover edges. 121809A.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 000013544

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: MIZNER'S FLORIDA. American Resort Architecture
• Verlag: The Architectural History Foundation, MIT Press (1987), New York
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1987
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0262530686
• ISBN-13: 9780262530682
• Einband: softcover
• Zustand: Good
• Verkäuferkataloge:
  • Architecture

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Inhaltsangabe

This is the first complete biography of the inimitable society architect Addison Mizner, whose Spanish Revival buildings created a new style of resort architecture for Palm Beach and south Florida during the boom years of the 1920s. By 1925, Mizner ranked as one of the country's most prominent architects, as important in his own time as Richard Morris Hunt and Stanford White had been in theirs.

The book's 150 illustrations include plans and historical photographs - many published for the first time - showing Mizner's handling of space, the relation of his houses to the landscape, and the many picturesque buildings that combined the comfort and convenience expected by his clients.

Donald W. Curl is Professor of History at Florida Atlantic University. The Architectural History Foundation American Monograph Series.

Críticas

"If anything, Mizner's work is more relevant today than it was twenty years ago. Then, it was his work that seemed stale. Now Modern architecture is the thing that is stale and Mizner has renewed freshness."--Paul Goldberger, "The New York Times"