Beyond the Box Mid-Century Modern Architecture in Miami & New York

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Vagabond Motel
Miami 1953
On Biscayne Boulevard's carscape of MiMo motels and office buildings, both signage and skin-deep "theme" decorations preceded Disneyland's use of pastiche exoticism for an architecture of nomad entertainment.

Robert Swartburg Architect
Robin Hill Photographer

Casablanca Hotel
Miami Beach 1949
 Instant curb appeal from buffed pecs flexed by MiMo's most popular exotic caryatids.

Roy France Architect
Robin Hill Photographer




Driftwood Motel
Sunny Isles Beach 1952
 This Sunny Isles Highway A1A cousin of Wright's Fallingwater presents analogous drama of overhanging roof lines and cladded stone pylons but the "father of the modern motel" threw in some subliminal Navajo motifs for extra curb appeal.

Norman M. Giller + Associates Architect
Robin Hill Photographer