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Tropical modernism - a style with clean lines, splashes of color and lots of glass - fuses the traditions of Mid-Century Modernism with the subtle Latin American accents of the Southern Atlantic coast. The style has undergone a recent resurgence in cities like Florida, according to Saxon Henry's upcoming book Four Florida Moderns, which profiles the work of up-and-coming star architects Alberto Alfonso, René González, Chad Oppenheim and Guy Peterson. Along with photos of their work, the book contains interviews, both with the architects and experts, about their careers and the creative process. And on your next Florida getaway, check out Peterson's Theisen Residence in Sarasota and González's lobby renovation for Miami's Museum of Contemporary Art.