Between Two Towers: The Drawings of the School of Miami

This elegant publication combines the work of the students and faculty of the school of architecture at the University of Miami with a text by the schools distinguished visiting professor Vincent Scully. The school is known for its spectacular analytical and whimsical drawings of architecture urban planning and landscape design. These realistic drawings illustrate the natural and man-made environment animals and objects and plans for designing and reinventing built and unbuilt cities. Miamis surrounding environment is apparent in the students work -- vivid colors echo the spirit of Coral Gables Key West and the Everglades. Miamis vital position as the center of the Hispanic world is also evident as the drawings embrace the cultural richness of the Caribbean Islands Cuba and Central and South America in both subject matter and style. Imaginatively designed Between Two Towers features a horizontal sketchbook-like format and gatefold pages capturing the incredible detail complexity and scale of the original drawings some reaching ten feet in height and length. The drawings are in a variety of media including graphite colored pencil and ink. Scullys informative and fluid text recounts the schools special history documents the distinctive teaching presence of such professors as Elizabeth Plater Zyberk and Andres Duany and fully explains each illustration.