Tropical Waves

Speakers

Arthur Marcus

Deborah Desilets, RA

David McKinney

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Tropical Waves

This session explores Modernist architecture in South Florida and the evolving architectural style of Morris Lapidus.

 
Speakers
  • The Architecture of Whimsy: Mid-20th-Century-Modern Architecture in South Florida
    Arthur Marcus 
  • A Coney Island State of Mind: Morris Lapidus
    Deborah Desilets  
  • Morris Lapidus Abandons Bourgeois Baroque for Tropical Brutalism
    David D. McKinney 
 
Moderator

Allan Shulman

 

All sessions take place at the University of Miami School of Architecture. Exact classroom locations to be announced.

Moderator

Allan Shulman, FAIA, LEED AP

Allan Shulman, FAIA, LEED AP, is the Founding Principal of Shulman + Associates. He is an architect, author, editor and curator. He also serves as a Professor at the University of Miami School of Architecture. Allan's research focuses on themes of modernism, tropicality and urbanism. Published works include Building Bacardi: Architecture, Art and Identity, Miami Modern Metropolis: Paradise and Paradox in Midcentury Architecture and Planning; The Discipline of Nature: Architect Alfred Browning Parker in Florida; and as a co-author, The Making of Miami Beach: 1933-1942: The Architecture of Lawrence Murray Dixon; and Miami Architecture: An AIA Guide.