Miami: Hot & Cool

Miami: Hot & Cool

Ergodebooks.com ReviewIn brilliant color, Miami: Hot and Cool pays tribute to the diverse and distinctive architecture of this city of contrasts. Blending the exotic with the suburban, the historic with the up-to-the-minute, the deceptively humble with the ultra-extravagant, Miami is an amalgam of classic Art Deco, sleek modernity, tropical lushness, and palatial elegance. The warm tints and cool stonework of the Mediterranean tradition are a natural fit with Miami's climate, as evidenced by the Italianate splendor of Villa Vizcaya or the more modest but nevertheless stylish bungalows of Coconut Grove. Everywhere the colors shine in electric-hued walls, bright pottery, mosaic tiles, lush vegetation. Boasting more than 400 photos of more than two dozen homes, this volume also provides a mini-lesson on the cultural history of a unique city. --Amy HandyMiami is an original, a city that celebrates its good looks, flaunts its vices, and exhibits its wealth of sensual pleasures. This survey of Miami's diverse designs for homes and gardens shows the rest of America how to take the heat with an up-to-the-minute, sizzling lifestyle. With more than 400 full-color photographs, Miami: Hot & Cool perfectly captures the essence of staying cool in the Miami sun--or shade.From the Inside Flaporiginal, a city that celebrates its good looks, flaunts its vices, and exhibits its wealth of sensual pleasures. This survey of Miami's diverse designs for homes and gardens shows the rest of America how to take the heat with an up-to-the-minute, sizzling lifestyle. With more than 400 full-color photographs, Miami: Hot & Cool perfectly captures the essence of staying cool in the Miami sun--or shade.About the AuthorLaura Cerwinske is a writer and artist who has published more than fifteen books on design, architecture, garden design, and the fine and decorative arts.Steven Brooke is an internationally acclaimed architectural photographer. He is a resident of Miami.