{"product_id":"books-seaside-by-steven-brooke","title":"Seaside","description":"\u003cp\u003eTourists from\u003cbr\u003eevery continent travel to Seaside to enjoy its beautiful beaches, award-winning\u003cbr\u003earchitecture, diverse restaurants, and array of cultural and sports events.\u003cbr\u003eDesigned by small-town planning pioneers Andr  1\/2s Duany and Elizabeth\u003cbr\u003ePlater-Zyberk, Seaside boasts work from renowned architects such as Leon Krier\u003cbr\u003eand Walter Chatham. Even England  1\/2s Prince of Wales has called Seaside a model of\u003cbr\u003ehumane urban planning.\u003cbr\u003eThis small community was founded in\u003cbr\u003e1980 on a remote eighty acres near the town of Seagrove Beach along Florida  1\/2s\u003cbr\u003enorthwest Gulf coast. Through his close friendship with Seaside founder Robert\u003cbr\u003eDavis, writer and photographer Steven Brooke gained unique insight into the\u003cbr\u003ethinking and planning that gave birth to Seaside, a community constructed on the\u003cbr\u003ebelief that   1\/2our lives are unalterably affected by our architectural\u003cbr\u003esurroundings.  1\/2 With nearly two hundred lush color photographs, Brooke takes the\u003cbr\u003ereader from the earliest pioneer stages of the town, with its dirt streets and\u003cbr\u003escrub landscape, to its development as an emerging cultural and intellectual\u003cbr\u003ecenter. In Seaside, we view the town from the first tin-roofed\u003cbr\u003ecottages to streets and boulevards of award-winning houses and public buildings.\u003cbr\u003eBrooke  1\/2s text includes a discussion\u003cbr\u003eof the architectural elements that compose the Florida style and elaborates on\u003cbr\u003ethe widely hailed urban design principles in effect at Seaside. This is the\u003cbr\u003eguide to the town of Seaside, complete with maps, walking tours, aerial views, \u003cbr\u003eand a look inside some of Seaside  1\/2s most beautifully decorated homes. Brooke  1\/2s\u003cbr\u003eimages, which celebrate both the town  1\/2s architecture and spirit, have\u003cbr\u003econtributed to Seaside  1\/2s fame--the small town that influenced architecture\u003cbr\u003ethroughout the world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53770969022737,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781589802858_cdbc03aa-fb3b-4855-83e6-236635b5fab8.jpg?v=1783964803","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/books-seaside-by-steven-brooke","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}