effort to explain or popularize his approach. Thus, his adventure in evolving an architecture for Florida was an inherently personal one." Igor's own reaction to the Miami climate; he had a skin allergy that ironically kept him in air-conditioning most of the time forces him to move to a motel he owned in Estes Park, Colorado in the early sixties. Partially disabled and reliant on a wheelchair from a cruise ship accident, Polevitzky dies in 1978, suffering from severe burns and smoke inhalation from a dropped match in his home. The predominance of Modernism in Miami tailored to the tropical climate is still very visible today, and in the 1950s, Polevitzky and Johnson were at the forefront. Projects Selected works: Gulf Service Station and Hotel, Miami, Florida, 1936 The Euster Residence, Pine Tree Drive, Miami Beach, 1936 The Benson Residence, Miami, Florida, 1937 Sailing Baruch Residence (the Tropotype House), Miami, Florida, 1938 Albion Building, Miami, Florida, 1939 Saks Fifth Avenue Store. Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, Florida, 1939 Shelborne Hotel, Miami, Florida, 1940 Center Hotel and Office Building (project), Miami, Florida, 1945 Golden Strand Hotel, Miami, Florida, 1946 Michael Heller Residence #1, Miami, Florida, 1947 Michael Heller Residence #2 (Birdcage House), Miami, Florida, 1949 Samuel E. Schulman Residence (the Porch House), Miami, Florida, 1950 Sea Tower, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 1957 Hotel Habana Riviera, Havana, Cuba, 1957 Sea View Realty, Miami, Florida, 1959 Sunrise Tower, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 1962 References Sources consulted Endnotes External links The Florida Home: Modern Living. Paul Philippe Cret Collection at the University of Pennsylvania Naturally Cool: Life in South Florida without AC really is possible 1911 births 1978 deaths 20th-century American architects University of Pennsylvania alumni Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United States