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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Gordon, Alastair, author.     Subjects     Melich, Henry -- Criticism and interpretation.     Follies (Architecture) -- Bahamas -- Pictorial works.     Architect-designed houses -- Bahamas -- Pictorial works.     Architecture, Modern -- 20th century -- Pictorial works.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Gordon, Alastair, author.       by title:      Island follies : rom...         MARC Display

Island follies : romantic homes of the Bahamas : the tropical architecture of Henry Melich / by Alastair Gordon, Barbara de Vries ; foreword by Chris Blackwell. by Gordon, Alastair, author. New York : Rizzoli International Publications, 2022. Subjects Melich, Henry -- Criticism and interpretation.   Follies (Architecture) -- Bahamas -- Pictorial works.   Architect-designed houses -- Bahamas -- Pictorial works.   Architecture, Modern -- 20th century -- Pictorial works. ISBN:  9780847872084 (paper over board : hardback) : 0847872084 (paper over board : hardback) Description:  255 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm Requests:  0 Summary:  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 houses he designed 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 air of tranquility. His signature motifs included faux-marbled walls, seasoned wood, colonnades, and tentlike interiors with striped ceilings. Melich'ss interiors suited the playful mood of the moment documented in this book with the warm touch of Slim Aarons, who came to the Bahamas in the 1960s and 1970s to capture high-society figures in their homes. Gardens with bougainvillea-draped pergolas, ivy-clad alcoves, and palm-lined allées are just some of the features that extend the architecture into the tropical landscape and embrace the indoor-outdoor lifestyle of these houses. Island Follies showcases the best of Melich's island projects, with new photography of many previously unpublished interiors, capturing a lost world of glamour certain to inspire lovers of interior design and island retreats alike.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Art, Music & Recreation 728.09729 Go Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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