Rene Gonzalez Architects: Not the Little House on the Prairie
Text by Charles Renfro, Cecilia Hernández Nichols. Photographs by Michael Stavaridis.
"Gonzalez has lately emerged as one of Miami’s most influential young architects." –Raul A. Barreneche, the New York Times
Specializing in the design of museum and gallery spaces, hospitality, commercial retail and residential projects, Miami-based Rene Gonzalez Architects also endeavors to develop solutions to rising sea levels in coastal communities. This volume compiles drawings and photographs of a residence on Prairie Avenue in Miami designed by the firm in 2018. Inspired by red mangrove trees, the dwelling hovers entirely above the ground plane. A lush garden covers most of the site and absorbs enormous quantities of water. Charles Renfro celebrates the building thus: "Is this blown-up modernism, a house made of fragments and gaps, also a new gay architecture? If so, it is but one of the many ways this compact complex house performs, one that in so many ways pulls modernism forward into a brave new world of sensuality, sexuality and lifestyle. Within it, social progress has found a new architecture."
FORMAT: Hbk, 9.5 x 12.5 in. / 112 pgs / 86 color / 1 duotone. LIST PRICE: U.S. $30.00 LIST PRICE: CANADA $42 GBP £26.00 ISBN: 9786078880065 PUBLISHER: Arquine AVAILABLE: 7/4/2023 DISTRIBUTION: D.A.P. RETAILER DISC: TRADE PUBLISHING STATUS: Active AVAILABILITY: In stock TERRITORY: WORLD Excl LA Portugal Spain
Rene Gonzalez Architects: Not the Little House on the Prairie
Published by Arquine. Text by Charles Renfro, Cecilia Hernández Nichols. Photographs by Michael Stavaridis.
"Gonzalez has lately emerged as one of Miami’s most influential young architects." –Raul A. Barreneche, the New York Times
Specializing in the design of museum and gallery spaces, hospitality, commercial retail and residential projects, Miami-based Rene Gonzalez Architects also endeavors to develop solutions to rising sea levels in coastal communities. This volume compiles drawings and photographs of a residence on Prairie Avenue in Miami designed by the firm in 2018. Inspired by red mangrove trees, the dwelling hovers entirely above the ground plane. A lush garden covers most of the site and absorbs enormous quantities of water. Charles Renfro celebrates the building thus: "Is this blown-up modernism, a house made of fragments and gaps, also a new gay architecture? If so, it is but one of the many ways this compact complex house performs, one that in so many ways pulls modernism forward into a brave new world of sensuality, sexuality and lifestyle. Within it, social progress has found a new architecture."
