Boca Rococo: How Addison Mizner Invented Florida's Gold Coast - Tapa blanda

Seebohm, Caroline

 
9781683343400: Boca Rococo: How Addison Mizner Invented Florida's Gold Coast
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ISBN 10: 1683343409 ISBN 13: 9781683343400
Editorial: Pineapple Press, 2023

Sinopsis

Addison Mizner’s Mediterranean-style mansions are much-admired Florida icons, where even today you can find many homes modeled with stucco walls and tiled roofs. In the paperback release of Boca Rococo, Caroline Seebohm’s successful biography on the flamboyant architect is more accessible now than ever as it reaches more readers interested in the man himself.

Mizner had global experience from San Francisco to China during his early days, before landing in New York and eventually, South Florida. He had no formal training but did possess natural talent, establishing him as architect of the rich and famous. His designs made the city of Palm Beach one of America’s most elegant resort spots—and fed his dream of developing a “Venice-on-the-Ocean” in nearby Boca Raton. Mizner’s plans ended with the collapse of Florida’s real estate boom. He died in 1933, broken and bankrupt.

With inspiration from and inclusion of never-before-seen material like floor plans and autobiographical works, and a new foreword written by the author, Seebohm gives readers a complete view of Mizner as one of the greatest architects and more flamboyant Americans.

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Caroline Seebohm’s works include illustrated books, magazine articles, biographies, and a memoir. As a senior writer and freelancer for House and Garden, her sense of style and knowledge of the history of the decorative arts has kept her in demand as an authority on traditional English and American decorating and decorators. She lives in Titusville, New Jersey.



Caroline Seebohm’s works include illustrated books, magazine articles, biographies, and a memoir. As a senior writer and freelancer for House and Garden, her sense of style and knowledge of the history of the decorative arts has kept her in demand as an authority on traditional English and American decorating and decorators. She lives in Titusville, New Jersey.

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The rollicking tale of the artist, adventurer, and visionary whose innovative architecture transformed Palm Beach and whose dramatic rise and fall mirrors the larger-than-life excesses of the 1920s.
Addison Mizner's Mediterranean-style mansions--with their stucco walls, tiled roofs, and Moorish accents--are much-admired Florida icons. In Boca Rococo, renowned author and biographer Caroline Seebohm introduces the flamboyant genius behind these pastel palaces.
Mizner was a leading San Francisco society figure in the 1890s, joined the Alaska Gold Rush, traveled to China, and made his way to an exploding turn-of-the-century New York. No formal training but huge natural talent established him as architect of the rich and famous. The getaways he designed made Palm Beach America's most elegant resort--and fed his dream of developing a "Venice-on-the-Ocean" in nearby Boca Raton. Mizner's plans ended with the collapse of Florida's real estate boom. He died in 1933, broken and bankrupt.
Drawing on a huge cache of untapped materials--including measured plans and an unpublished autobiography--Seebohm restores Mizner to the pantheon of great architects and flamboyant Americans.

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Editorial
Pineapple Press
Año de publicación
2023
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1683343409
ISBN 13 
9781683343400
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
336
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ISBN 10:  0609605151 ISBN 13:  9780609605158
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