Addison Mizneramprsquos Mediterraneanstyle mansions are muchadmired Florida icons where even today you can find many homes modeled with stucco walls and tiled roofs. In the paperback release of Boca Rococo Caroline Seebohmamprsquos successful biography on the flamboyant architect is more accessible now than ever as it reaches more readers interested in the man himself.Mizner had global experience from San Francisco to China during his early days before landing in New York and eventually South Florida. He had no formal training but did possess natural talent establishing him as architect of the rich and famous. His designs made the city of Palm Beach one of Americaamprsquos most elegant resort spotsampmdashand fed his dream of developing a ampldquoVeniceontheOceanamprdquo in nearby Boca Raton. Mizneramprsquos plans ended with the collapse of Floridaamprsquos real estate boom. He died in 1933 broken and bankrupt.With inspiration from and inclusion of neverbeforeseen material like floor plans and autobiographical works and a new foreword written by the author Seebohm gives readers a complete view of Mizner as one of the greatest architects and more flamboyant Americans.