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Morris Lapidus (November 25, 1902 – January 18, 2001) was an architect, primarily known for his Neo-baroque "Miami Modern" hotels constructed in the 1950s and 60s, which have since come to define that era's resort-hotel style, synonymous with Miami and Miami Beach .
Morris Lapidus (Odessa, Ucrania, 25 de noviembre de 1902 – Miami, 18 de enero de 2001) fue un arquitecto estadounidense. Lapidus nació en el seno de una familia judía emigrada a Estados Unidos; crecido en el gueto de Nueva York, llegó a ser el arquitecto de Miami por excelencia, pues embelleció la ciudad con decenas de edificios ...
Morris Lapidus, an architect long derided and later praised for designing some of South Florida's gaudiest, glitziest and most glamorous hotels in the 1950's and 60's, died yesterday at his home...
Born in 1902 in the Russian city of Odessa and raised in the New York borough of Brooklyn, Lapidus took inspiration from childhood Sunday visits to Coney Island, transferring its uninhibited, coloristic atmosphere to the numerous hotels and commercial centers he designed in Florida.
Nacido en 1902 en la localidad rusa de Odessa y criado en el neoyorquino barrio de Brooklyn, Lapidus se inspiraba en las excursiones dominicales de su infancia a Coney Island, cuyo ambiente desinhibido y colorista trasladó a los numerosos hoteles y locales comerciales que diseñó en Florida.
27 de mar. de 2023 · Features. The Lapidus Legacy: Master of MiMo Architecture. March 27, 2023 Gina Lee Guilford. How the post-modern work of Miami Modernist architect Morris Lapidus made its mark in Coral Gables. Phineas Paist, Denman Fink, Walter de Garmo — these iconic names are synonymous with Coral Gables’ brand of Mediterranean architecture.
1 de may. de 2024 · Morris Lapidus (born Nov. 25, 1902, Odessa, Russia—died Jan. 18, 2001, Miami Beach, Fla., U.S.) was a Ukrainian-born U.S. architect. He went to the U.S. as a child and grew up in New York City. After earning an architectural degree, he worked in New York architectural firms from 1928 to 1942.
