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Casa Florida Spanish-Style Houses from Winter Park to Coral Gables

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ISBN-10: 0847827038

ISBN-13: 9780847827039

Edition: 2005

Authors: Susan Sully, Steven Brooke

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Florida’s architectural history can be traced to the Spanish colonial settlement of St. Augustine in the mid-16 century, while the state’s architectural development reached its mature stage in the 19th century. Casa Florida is an exuberant, full-color celebration of the enduring influence of Spanish architecture and design upon Florida’s resorts, private houses, and gardens. Casa Florida explores the earliest influences of the Spanish style in the Sunshine State, its revival in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and its contemporary expression in architecture today, with a strong focus on the style’s unifying concept of fantasy and Florida’s unique tendency to inspire…    
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List price: $50.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/11/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 208
Size: 9.25" wide x 11.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 2.838
Language: English

<P Steven Brooke, an internationally acclaimed architectural photographer, received the National Honor Award for Photography from the American Institute of Architects. His beautiful, detailed photographs of Natchez also grace the pages of Pelican's <B <I The Majesty of Natchez Postcard Book</B </I . His other books include <B <I Seaside</B </I and <B <I The Gardens of Florida</B </I , both published by Pelican. An adjunct professor of architectural photography and composition at the University of Miami School of Architecture, Brooke lives with his son in Miami, Florida.<SUP </P

Introduction: Five Centuries of Spanish Style: An Enduring Legacy
Buenos Recuerdos: A 1927 Spanish-Style Villa in Palm Beach
The DeGarmo Estate: A 1921 Courtyard Villa in Coconut Grove, Miami
Casita College: A Circa-1920 West Palm Beach Casita
House of Tiles: A 1922 Spanish-Style Villa in Palm Beach
Villa Mizner: A 1924 Tower Residence on Via Mizner in Palm Beach
Eclectic Elegance: A Mid-1920s Spanish-Style House on Snell Isle, St. Petersburg
Casa Mia: A 1925 Ferro-Concrete Spanish Villa in Coral Gables
The Don Quixote House: A 1926 Coral Gables Casita
Cielito Lindo: A 1928 Mediterranean Revival Mansion in Palm Beach
Nuestro Paradiso: A 1928 Palm Beach Mansion
Timeless Style: A 1932 Spanish-Style House in St. Petersburg
Spanish Modern: A 1934 Art Deco/Spanish-Style House in Miami Beach
House of Stone: A 1936 Coral Rock Cottage in Coral Gables
El Cortijo: A 1937 Country Spanish-Style House in Winter Park
Ranch Redux: A Remodeled Ranch House in Miami
Hispano-Modern: A 2000 Modernist Mediterranean Revival House in Coconut Grove
Palazzo delle Aquile: An Early-Twenty-First-Century Mediterranean Revival Mansion in Winter Park
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