
Adored for his exuberant and original architecture, more than fifty years of Morris Lapidus’s designs are celebrated in this first-ever monograph. Known for inventing the postwar resort hotel with the Fontainebleau and the Eden Roc in Miami Beach, Morris Lapidus (1902–2001) is revered for his joyful interpretation of modernist tenets through an American vernacular of spectacle and whimsy. Lapidus ...
Hardcover: 240 pages
Publisher: Rizzoli; Complete Numbers Starting with 1, 1st Ed edition (October 19, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0847830888
ISBN-13: 978-0847830886
Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 1.1 x 12.3 inches
Amazon Rank: 867563
Format: PDF ePub Text djvu book
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Loved this book and the Lapidus story. Some gaps, like what happened to his partnership with his son--reading between the lines there was a break....
cally embraced modernism’s formal freedom and sensuality while rejecting its more rigid principles, producing a unique style that seamlessly blends baroque fantasia with modernism’s clean lines and flowing spaces. His exuberant curving walls, zigzagging facades, and deft manipulation of space created dramatic forms that transform the moods of their occupants. In 2000 Lapidus was honored by the Cooper-Hewitt as an "American Original," an award created especially for him. This comprehensive volume presents the highlights of Lapidus’s extraordinary career. From seductive modern shops and private residences to iconic hotels and residential towers in New York, Miami Beach, the Caribbean, and beyond, this iconoclast proves that "too much is never enough."