Description
Island Follies is the first book to explore the work of Henry Melich (1924-1999), a Czech-born architect who brought a beguiling form of neoclassicism to the Caribbean. While Melich built projects in the United States and England, he s best remembered for the romantic follies he designed in the 1960s and 1970s in sunny island retreats like Lyford Cay, Harbour Island, and Windermere Island in the Bahamas. Melich created a romantic sense of escape with a softly cushioned whimsy and discrete sense of tranquillity. His signature motifs included faux marbled walls, seasoned wood, colonnades and tent-like interiors with striped ceilings that suited the playful mood of the moment, documented in Island Follies with the warm touch of Slim Aarons and with new photography of many previously unpublished interiors. Gardens with Bougainvillea-draped pergolas, ivy-clad alcoves, palm-lined allees are just some of the other features that extended the architecture into the tropical landscape. Island Follies showcases more than forty of Melich s island projects, capturing a lost world of glamor and faded glory certain to inspire lovers of interior design and island retreats alike.
About the Author
Alastair Gordon is an award-winning critic and author who has written regularly about architecture and design for many publications including the New York Times, Vanity Fair, Dwell, and Architectural Digest. He served as Contributing Editor for architecture and design at WSJ, the Wall Street Journal Magazine for many years, and launched the popular 'Wall-to-Wall' blog on the Journal's web site. He has published several critically acclaimed books including Weekend Utopia, Spaced Out, Theater of Shopping, and Assembled In Light. Gordon has taught critical writing at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design and was a Distinguished Fellow at the Miami Beach Urban Studios (FIU). He is Co-Founder and Director of Gordon de Vries Studio. Chris Blackwell is the founder of Island Records. India Hicks is an author, designer, and style icon who lives in the Bahamas with her partner David Flint Wood, with whom she wrote Island Life (Rizzoli 2003).
Book Information
ISBN 9780847872084
Author Alastair Gordon
Format Hardback
Page Count 256
Imprint Rizzoli International Publications
Publisher Rizzoli International Publications
About the Author
Alastair Gordon is an award-winning critic and author who has written regularly about architecture and design for many publications including the New York Times, Vanity Fair, Dwell, and Architectural Digest. He served as Contributing Editor for architecture and design at WSJ, the Wall Street Journal Magazine for many years, and launched the popular 'Wall-to-Wall' blog on the Journal's web site. He has published several critically acclaimed books including Weekend Utopia, Spaced Out, Theater of Shopping, and Assembled In Light. Gordon has taught critical writing at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design and was a Distinguished Fellow at the Miami Beach Urban Studios (FIU). He is Co-Founder and Director of Gordon de Vries Studio. Chris Blackwell is the founder of Island Records. India Hicks is an author, designer, and style icon who lives in the Bahamas with her partner David Flint Wood, with whom she wrote Island Life (Rizzoli 2003).
Book Information
ISBN 9780847872084
Author Alastair Gordon
Format Hardback
Page Count 256
Imprint Rizzoli International Publications
Publisher Rizzoli International Publications
