Seaside - Hardcover

Brooke, Steven

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0882899961 ISBN 13: 9780882899961

Publisher: Pelican Publishing Co, 1995

Synopsis

Tourists from every continent travel to Seaside to enjoy its beautiful beaches, award-winning architecture, diverse restaurants, and array of cultural and sports events. Designed by small-town planning pioneers Andri?1/2s Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, Seaside boasts work from renowned architects such as Leon Krier and Walter Chatham. Even Englandi?1/2s Prince of Wales has called Seaside a model of humane urban planning. This small community was founded in 1980 on a remote eighty acres near the town of Seagrove Beach along Floridai?1/2s northwest Gulf coast. Through his close friendship with Seaside founder Robert Davis, writer and photographer Steven Brooke gained unique insight into the thinking and planning that gave birth to Seaside, a community constructed on the belief that i?1/2our lives are unalterably affected by our architectural surroundings.i?1/2 With nearly two hundred lush color photographs, Brooke takes the reader from the earliest pioneer stages of the town, with its dirt streets and scrub landscape, to its development as an emerging cultural and intellectual center. In Seaside, we view the town from the first tin-roofed cottages to streets and boulevards of award-winning houses and public buildings. Brookei?1/2s text includes a discussion of the architectural elements that compose the Florida style and elaborates on the widely hailed urban design principles in effect at Seaside. This is the guide to the town of Seaside, complete with maps, walking tours, aerial views, and a look inside some of Seasidei?1/2s most beautifully decorated homes. Brookei?1/2s images, which celebrate both the towni?1/2s architecture and spirit, have contributed to Seasidei?1/2s fame--the small town that influenced architecture throughout the world.

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Review

"Probably the most influential resort community since Versailles."

From the Back Cover

"I believe that the lessons they've worked out at Seaside have very serious applications both in rural areas and in our cities."
--Charles, the Prince of Wales, A Vision of Britain: A Personal View of Architecture

"The photos are theatrical."
--Metropolis

"A joy to behold."
--Columbia (SC) Herald

Constructed on the belief that "our lives are unalterably affected by our architectural surroundings," the small community of Seaside was founded in 1980 on a remote eighty acres near the town of Seagrove Beach along Florida's northwest Gulf coast.
Designed by small-town planning pioneers Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, Seaside boasts work from renowned architects such as Leon Krier and Walter Chatham. Through his close friendship with Seaside founder Robert Davis, writer and architectural photographer Steven Brooke gained unmatched insight into the thinking and planning that gave birth to the unique community.
With nearly two hundred color photographs, the volume takes the reader from the earliest pioneer stages of the town with its dirt streets and scrub landscape to its development as an emerging cultural and intellectual center. Brooke's text includes a discussion of the architectural elements that compose the Florida style and elaborates on the widely hailed urban design principles in effect at Seaside. Even Great Britain's Prince Charles has used Seaside as a model of humane urban planning.
Tourists from every continent travel to Seaside to enjoy its beautiful beaches, award-winning architecture, diverse restaurants, and wide program of sports and cultural events. This extensively revised second edition of Seaside includes maps, walking tour information, aerial views, a look inside some of Seaside's most beautifully decorated homes, and a list of every town structure and its designer.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pelican Publishing Co
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0882899961
• ISBN 13: 9780882899961
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 128