Designing the Good Life: Norman M. Giller and the Development of Miami Modernism

By Sarah Giller Nelson and Norman M. Giller

Miami Modernism, or MiMo, is the exotic brand of mid-century architecture ubiquitous in the world-famous city. Designing the Good Life is a personal account of the postWorld War II movement that... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813030714
• ISBN13: 9780813030715
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: University Press of Florida
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 10.2" x 7.4"

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An important and seminal addition

It is Norman M. Giller's vision that fundamentally influenced Floridian architecture during the decades that followed the end of World War II. His perspective came to be known as 'Miami Modernism' or 'MiMo' for short. Now in collaboration with Sarah Giller Nelson, Norman Giller has written a personal account of the architectural movement associated with himself and with Florida in "Designing the Good Life: Norman M. Giller & The Development Of Miami Modernism", a 176-page, nicely illustrated (76 color photos, 80 black-and-white photos), informed and informative story that will be read with interest by architectural students and professionals, as well as non-specialist general readers with an interest in Florida's architectural history and development. Enhanced with an appendix and an index, "Designing The Good Life" is an important and seminal addition to academic library American Architectural History reference collections.