In Miami in the 1980s : the vanishing architecture of a "Paradise lost" / edited by Charlotte von Moos ; contributors, Max Creasy [and three others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Moos, Charlotte von, editor, writer of supplementary textual content.

Creasy, Max, 1976- writer of supplementary textual content.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture--Florida--Miami--History.

Architecture.

Architecture, Modern--20th century.

Architecture, Modern.

Lost architecture--Florida--Miami.

Lost architecture.

Nineteen eighties.

History.

Florida--Miami.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

173 pages, 11 unnumbered pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 28 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Vanishing architecture of a "Paradise lost"

Place of Publication:

Köln : Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther und Franz König, [2022]

Summary:

This book brings together a group of essays, a photo series, and a catalogue of selected projects of Miami's 1980s architecture--some built, some unbuilt. The text and the accompanying images celebrate a period in American architecture when, in Miami, the subtropical nexus of the Americas, art and architecture were intensely interconnected, and Miami architects were partaking in the discipline's international discourse. Triggered by the case of The Babylon, Arquitectonica's first building, which after having been designated as a protected landmark in 2016 was in 2019 sadly demolished, Charlotte von Moos's research was driven by a sense of urgency about today's lack of care for such remarkable projects.

Contents:

Introduction / Charlotte von Moos

Bye-bye Babylon / Charlotte von Moos

The inexplicable beauty of walls / Niels Olsen

Looking for America / Kersten Geers

Forever in paintings / Charlotte von Moos

The Babylon : a photographic record / Max Creasy

Incomplete collection of projects / Charlotte von Moos.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9783753301105

3753301108

OCLC:

1296572763

Publisher Number:

9783753301105