Fire Island Modernist

Through a lens of cultural and architectural history, Fire Island Modernist (Metropolis Books/Gordon de Vries Studio) is a study of the ’60s and ’70s through an overlooked architect, Horace Gifford. During this time, he spearheaded a series of beach houses that ultimately transformed the physical and cultural landscape of New York’s Fire Island. Rawlins reveals how Fire Island became as much a refuge from a hostile world as an escape for icons like Marilyn Monroe and Truman Capote.