From the Technicolor homes of Key West to Miami's famed Art Deco District and the gracious Mediterranean Revival structures of Coral Gables, Miami and South Florida offer a wealth of visual experiences. This book delves into the area's often provocative architectural and cultural evolution, with fascinating anecdotes of pirates and seafarers, artists and writers, socialites and immigrants who have endowed Miami and South Florida with a distinctive character.

BETH DUNLOP (Miami, Florida) is the author of numerous books and articles on architecture. She was the Miami Herald architecture critic from 1979 until 1993.