Tropical Deco
Tropical Deco

Author: Laura Cerwinske

Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications

Published: 1981

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13:

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"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.

Deco Delights
Deco Delights

Author: Barbara Baer Capitman

Publisher: Studio

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 120

ISBN-13:

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A magnificent and inspiring book about the only Art Deco District in America by the woman who made it come alive again. The triumphs and despairs described in Capitman's text are the result of the struggle between the pressure for development and the necessity for preservation. 135 color plates.

Bombay Art Deco Architecture
Bombay Art Deco Architecture

Author: Navin Ramani

Publisher: Antique Collector's Club

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13:

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-A photographic study of one of Bombay's most interesting districts -A useful visual reference for any architecture student interested in Art Deco, twentieth century style shifts, or the Indian subcontinent Bombay Art Deco Architecture presents a treasury of Art Deco buildings comprising residential, commercial and civic architecture. These monuments were created during the mid '30s and '40s, a glamorous and optimistic era that predated the official end of the British Raj. The architects, a small list of first-generation Indian architects and builders, were mostly educated in English schools and trained in western architectural traditions. Impatient with the British reluctance to shed the Gothic and Indo-Saracenic architectural styles that had dominated Imperial Bombay's urban landscape, these visionaries were determined to imbue the city with a new modern style. That style shares its provenance with the Art Deco architecture of Miami Beach, termed 'Tropical Deco' by author Laura Cerwinske in her seminal 1981 book. Built in the same era, the Art Deco architecture of the two cities exhibits similar scale, geometry, tropical vocabulary, and love of romance.

Havana Deco
Havana Deco

Author: Alejandro G. Alonso

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 9780393732320

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An unparalleled tour of the Art Deco-style architecture, interiors, decoration, and art objects of Havana, this colorful book shows the work of Cuban artists, open to the winds of change and to outside influences, who filtered the movement born in Paris through the dazzling beauty of Caribbean nature and made the art their own.

Miami Beach Deco
Miami Beach Deco

Author: Steven Brooke

Publisher: Universe Publishing(NY)

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 0789322412

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Steven Brooke, whose dazzling photography of Miami's Art Deco District once helped spur the area's preservation, now captures the incredible architectural restoration of this glamorous international playground. During the 1930s, Miami Beach emerged as an epicenter of Art Deco architecture. Against the azure sky gleamed buildings that boasted voluptuous curves, nautical elements, Jazz Age ornamentation, and seductive neon. After the area fell into decline in the 1970s and '80s, Steven Brooke and others successfully campaigned to protect the Art Deco District's architectural treasures from the wrecking ball. Now, with the district's buildings finally restored to their eye-popping glory, Brooke offers Miami- and Art Deco-lovers the most up-to-date celebration of the inimitable architecture that has made the city a style magnet for artists, designers, and travelers from around the globe.

26th Edition DEBBIES BOOK(R)
26th Edition DEBBIES BOOK(R)

Author: Debbie Hemela

Publisher: Debbies Book, Inc

Published: 2014-02-26

Total Pages: 243

ISBN-13: 1938666038

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This is the 26th Edition of Debbies Book®. Now, after the release of our Android version of our iPhone App in Janurary 2014, it’s time to release our 26th print edition. You now have 3 ways to experience Debbies Book®! • A physical book for users who want to hold it in their hands • A printable book for users who want to print certain pages • A tablet-friendly eBook for users who love their iPads and eReaders The book is organized by categories in alphabetical order. Listings for Prop Houses and Costume Rental Houses are shortened to one or two lines to save space. Their full contact information is located within the Prop House and Costume Rental Houses categories only.

The Rotarian
The Rotarian

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1991-12

Total Pages: 64

ISBN-13:

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Established in 1911, The Rotarian is the official magazine of Rotary International and is circulated worldwide. Each issue contains feature articles, columns, and departments about, or of interest to, Rotarians. Seventeen Nobel Prize winners and 19 Pulitzer Prize winners – from Mahatma Ghandi to Kurt Vonnegut Jr. – have written for the magazine.

Top 10 Miami and the Keys
Top 10 Miami and the Keys

Author: Jeffrey Kennedy

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2013-02-01

Total Pages: 347

ISBN-13: 146540788X

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Now available in ePub format. DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Top 10 Miami & the Keys will lead travelers straight to the very best this region has to offer. Whether one is looking for the things not to miss at the Top 10 sights or the best nightspots, this guide is the perfect travel companion. Rely on dozens of Top 10 lists--from the Top 10 museums to the Top 10 events and festivals. There's even a list of the Top 10 things to avoid. The guide is divided by area with restaurant reviews for each, as well as recommendations for hotels, bars, and places to shop. Travelers will find the insider knowledge they need with DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Top 10 Miami & the Keys.

Art Deco of the Palm Beaches
Art Deco of the Palm Beaches

Author: Sharon Koskoff

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9780738544151

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Art Deco design is a jazzy celebration of the Machine Age, mass production, geometry, and the straight line. In Palm Beach County, sleek themes are seen representing tropical, nautical, masculine, and stylized motifs that reflect speed and technology. Elements include eyebrows, flat roofs, porthole windows, rounded corners, columns, glass blocks, bandings, multiples of three, and Zig-Zag steps. Palm Beach County has dozens of Art Deco treasures built throughout the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, which are located in the downtowns of Delray Beach up through West Palm Beach. Art Deco architecture found in Palm Beach County is spread out rather than concentrated in one location. These buildings are significant to the history of South Florida because they represent some of the earliest structures ever built in the area. These remarkable gems are in danger of being demolished due to the ever-increasing amount of development throughout the county.