Tropical deco : the architecture and design of old Miami Beach / Laura Cerwinske ; photography by David Kaminsky.

Main entry:

Cerwinske, Laura.

Title & Author:

Tropical deco : the architecture and design of old Miami Beach / Laura Cerwinske ; photography by David Kaminsky.

Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Rizzoli, 1981.

Description:

95 pages : color illustrations ; 22 x 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 95).
Introduction. The evolution of deco -- Facades -- Finials & parapets -- Moldings & planes -- Symbols & imagery -- Larger hotels -- Smaller hotels & apartments -- Doorways -- Windows -- Materials -- Lettering -- Interior details -- Murals.

Summary:

"Born out of fantasy and speculation, designed for fun and profit, Miami Beach has been, from its inception, a city of mythical composition. Its famed Art Deco District was designated a Historic District by the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, and today the area is basking in a revival of interest and attention. Nevertheless, while fashion photographers and entrepreneurs, artists, developers, restaurateurs and club owners flock to the neighborhood, it is still struggling, after years of deterioration and neglect, to recreate itself out of its own forgotten glamour. Despite a new palette of confectionery colors and the renovation of numerous buildings, the Art Deco District remains in need of urban cultivation, of a reinterpretation that transcends its original resort identity. Author Laura Cerwinske introduces Tropical Deco: The Architecture and Design of Old Miami Beach by discussing both the area's past and its future. Throughout her comprehensive exploration of the most concentrated neighborhood of Art Deco buildings in the world, she details the style's evolution and examines its design. Tropical Deco: The Architecture and Design of Old Miami Beach treats its readers to a delightful view of a unique adaption of a historic architectural style. For, while Miami Beach's Art Deco architecture derives its stylistic roots from the streamlined and electric visions of the cosmopolitan North, Tropical Deco design is much softer and more temperately seductive. These are buildings whose narrative and evocative nature is at once sophisticated, naive and filled with humor."--Publisher.

Resources:
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Copertina
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ISBN:

0847803457 (pbk.)
9780847803453 (pbk.)

Subject:

Art deco Florida Miami Beach.
Art, American Florida Miami Beach 20th century.
Art deco Florida Miami.
Decoration and ornament, Architectural Florida Miami.
Art Floride Miami 20e siècle.
Art déco Floride Miami.
Décoration et ornement architecturaux Floride Miami.
Art déco Floride Miami Beach.
Art américain Floride Miami Beach 20e siècle.
Decoration and ornament, Architectural
Art, American
Art deco
Architektur
Florida Miami
Florida Miami Beach
Miami Beach, Fla.
Architettura Miami Sec. 20.

Form/genre:

Books.

Added entries:

Kaminsky, David, photographer.

Architecture and design of old Miami Beach

Holdings:

Location: Library main 110982
Call No.: 6924; ID:85-B18084
Status: Available

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