Main entry:

Giller, Norman M.

Title & Author:

Designing the good life : Norman M. Giller and the development of Miami modernism / Norman M. Giller and Sarah Giller Nelson.

Publication:

Gainesville : University Press of Florida, ©2007.

Description:

ix, 162 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 19 x 27 cm

Notes:
Foreword by Eric P. Nash -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Technologies - The Automobile - Air-conditioning -- Architectural Elements - Cantilevers - Lally Columns - Flat Roofs - Planters -- Materials - Concrete - Stone, Brick, and Glass Mosaic Tile - Glass - Aluminum - Formica -- Shapes - Curves - Angles - Fluid Forms -- Projects - Pine Tree Lake Apartments - Morey Giller Apartments - Shapiro Residence - Copa City Night Club - Motel Row - Ocean Palm Motel - The Resort Motel - Carib Motel - Driftwood Motel - Thunderbird Motel - Suburban Housing - Military Housing - Supermarkets and Shopping Centers - Giller Building - Singapore Hotel - Executive Motor Hotel - Carillon Hotel - Diplomat Hotel and Country Club - North Shore Community Center - Miami Modernism Exported: The Alliance for Progress - College of Business Administration and College of -- Education, Florida Atlantic University - InterAmerican National Bank - Eastern Airlines Cafeteria -- Epilogue -- Selected Postwar Commissions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Photo Credits -- Index
Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-155) and index.
Technologies -- The automobile -- Air-conditioning -- Architectural elements -- Cantilevers -- Lallycolumns -- Flat roofs -- Planters -- Materials -- Concrete -- Stone, brick, and glass Mosaic Tile -- Glass -- Aluminium -- Formica -- Shapes -- Angles -- Curves -- Fluid forms -- Projects -- PineTree Lake apartments -- Morrey Giller apartments -- Shapiro residence -- Copa City night club -- Motel row -- Ocean Palm motel -- The resort motel -- Carib motel -- Driftwood motel -- Suburban housing -- MIlitary housing -- Supermarkets and shopping centers -- Giller buildings -- Singapore hotel -- Executive motor hotel -- Carillon hotel -- Diplomat hotel and country club -- North shore community center -- Miami Modernism Exported: The alliance for progress -- College of business administration and college of education, Florida Atlantic University -- Inter American National bank -- Eastern Airlines cafeteria.

Summary:

"Miami Modernism, or MiMo, is the exotic, subtropical brand of mid-century architecture ubiquitous in the world-famous city. This post-World War II movement - a regionalized flavor of Modernism that reflects the optimistic exuberance of the mid-century era - shaped a city and defined an era." "Along with Morris Lapidus and Albert Anis, Normal M. Giller is counted among MiMo's great masters. Giller's mark on the urban landscape of Miami is indelible. His architecturally progressive structures were designed to be and remain ideally suited to their surroundings. A look at Giller's architecture, Designing the Good Life is an insider's view of the technologies, materials, and key elements of MiMo." "In this firsthand account, the architect delves into historical Miami to examine some of his most iconic structures, including the Ocean Palm Motel, the Carillon Hotel, the North Shore Band Shell, the Diplomat Hotel and Country Club, and the Giller Building. Each project is illustrated with vintage images from the architect's collection and contemporary photographs by Miami photographer Robin Hill." "The only book to chronicle the movement's evolution from the perspective of one of its most distinguished exponents, Designing the Good Life reveals how Giller's vision helped to define Florida architecture in the Atomic Age."--Jacket.

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ISBN:

9780813030715 (alk. paper)
0813030714 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Giller, Norman M. Themes, motives.
Giller, Norman M.
Architecture Florida Miami History.
Architecture Floride Miami Histoire.
Architecture
Buildings
Themes, motives
Architecture Florida Miami 20th century
Miami (Fla.) Buildings, structures, etc.
Florida Miami
GILLER, NORMAN M.

Form/genre:

History
Books.

Added entries:

Nelson, Sarah Giller.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 255902
Call No.: BIB 186175
Status: Available