PRLog (Press Release) -
Dec 02, 2009 -
Miami Modern Metropolis is a scholarly, enjoyable read, inviting fans of great architecture and design to explore the myriad forces and paradoxes that shaped the physical and societal development of Miami in the post-war era, 1945 - mid1960’s.
Seven years in the making, this gorgeous 400 page tome sponsored by the Bass Museum and edited and compiled by architect and scholar Allan T. Shulman is comprised of 23 contributor’
s perspectives and 400 lush photographs, all an exploration of this quintessentially American metropolitan paradise. Framed by theoretical essays that establish Miami’s modernism as a terrain of paradox, the book investigates the built and unbuilt work of the city, spanning visionary urban plans, iconic infrastructure, commercial and industrial projects, resort architecture and the elaboration of regional identity in new residential paradigms like the tropical home.
Retail Price: $85.00. Available online at Princeton Architectural Press (www.papress.com);
Chronicle Books (www.chroniclebooks.com)
, www.BarnesandNoble.com and www.Amazon.com;
and Miami book stores Books & Books and the Bass Museum bookstore.
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