From Palm Beach to Shangri La: The Architecture of Marion Sims Wyeth
Beauty and elegance are combined with extravagance in the Palm Beach style of architect Marion Sims Wyeth. It's a form of home decor that takes standard elements like paradisiacal palms, bubbling fountains, sparkling pools and gardens with ocean views and mixes them with a touch of the exotic. It can be a Moorish-style balcony or doorway, Venetian arches, imaginative Spanish-style courtyards and stone and iron spiral staircases. The book features the legendary homes of Marjorie Merriweather Post and Doris Duke - Mar-a-Lago and Shangri La - as well as lesser-known but equally spectacular Hogarcito and La Claridad, to name just a few. For those unfamiliar with these dream palaces, intimate homes for rest and reflection, for enjoying life and living it, the book serves as both a revelation and a source of inspiration.
- Languages : Engelska
- Titele: From Palm Beach to Shangri La: The Architecture of Marion Sims Wyeth
- Author: Jane Day, Preservation of Palm Beach
- ISBN: 9780847866656
- Number of pages: 256 st
- Size: 25.0 x 3.1 x 33.0 cm
- Contains Categories: Architecture
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