SOUTH BEACH STYLE (Pb) - Tapa blanda

Miami's South Beach, an international playground and urban neighbourhood in one, is known throughout the world for its dazzling style. Casual, colourful and sensuous, it draws artists, writers and world travellers. This compact volume is a panorama of South Beach architecture and interior and garden design. There are houses, penthouses, clubs, shops, museums, bay-front gardens and courtyard landscapes. The senses of style range from resort glamour to the urban edge, and from the sublimely modern to the ridiculously hedonistic. Laura Cerwinske describes the architectural history of the island, the creation of the "tropical deco" style and the cultural evolution of South Beach, while South Beach architect Bernard Zyscovich explores "sustainable hedonism", the local formula for urban vitality.

Writer Laura Cerwinske and photographer Steven Brooke collaborated on Miami's first design book, Miami Hot and Cool in 1990. Cerwinske is also the author of Tropical Deco (1981), now in its 30th printing, as well as fifteen other design titles, including the recent In a Spiritual Style, In the Romantic Style, and Russian Imperial Style. Brooke is the author and photographer of Views of Jerusalem and Views of Rome, and the photographer of Deco Delights. Both live in Miami. Barry Zaid is the author and designer of Wish You Were Here, a postcard tour of America's great hotels. Bernard Zyscovich is a prominent architect and urban planner who grew up in South Beach.