Palm Beach houses and gardens resplendent with old grandeur yet wonderfully alive for today are
the subject of this elegant volume. With its lush gardens palm tree-lined promenades and
romantic homes Palm Beach has long been considered a playground for the rich and famous.
Resplendent with old grandeur Palm Beach houses and gardens are the subject of this elegant
volume detailing the meticulous restorations of thirty-eight grand houses and public buildings
in this exclusive resort town. Palm Beach: An Architectural Heritage serves as an inspiration
by featuring thirty-eight classic houses and other buildings that have been restored or
preserved with a high degree of sensitivity and taste and which have won the coveted Ballinger
Award--presented by the Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach to commemorate a restoration or
renovation that best exemplifies the traditions of Palm Beach's original houses and the
architects who designed them. From Casa de Leoni to Junglewood Villa Artemis to Las Palmas
the houses of Palm Beach are fantasies of splendor inspiring dreams of fine living in the sun
amid beautiful fragrant gardens. Public and private structures designed by Architects Addison
Mizner Joseph Urban Marion Sims Wyeth and Maurice Fatio are included as well as those by less
recognized architects and builders whose feats of imagination rival those of the most
celebrated professionals.
