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Curl, Donald Walter 1935-

Mizner's Florida : American resort architecture. / txt Donald W. Curl. - xii, 250 p. ill. ;plans. ;photo. ; 27 cm. book - American monograph series .

Include index

Include Bibliography

Introduction: the career of a society architect --
Training --
The New York years --
The everglades club --
Creating the Palm Beach style --
Boca Raton --
After the bust --

This is the first complete biography of the inimitable society architect Addison Mizner, whose Spanish Revival buildings created a new style of resort architecture for Palm Beach and south Florida during the boom years of the 1920s.

ISBN: 9780262031042 0262031043

LCCN: 83022205

Subjects--Personal Names:
Mizner, Addison 1872-1933 --Criticism and interpretation.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Architects--United States--Biography
Eclecticism in architecture--Florida.
Architecture--History--Florida--20th century.
Vacation homes--Florida.
Architecture, Spanish--Influence.--Florida
Architecture, Modern--Florida

LC Class. No.: NA737.M59 / C87 1984

Dewey Class. No.: 720.924