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Graphic Design and Architecture, A 20th Century History
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Graphic Design and Architecture, A 20th Century History

by Richard Poulin
November 2012
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
1 pages
10h 27m
English
Rockport Publishers
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THE MODERN AGE 1900–1950II
STYLE AND THE MASS MARKET 1924–19473
MIAMI ART DECO DISTRICT
MIAMI BEACH ART DECO BUILDINGS
Miami, Florida, USA
various designers and architects
1924
Miami Beach, Florida, is home to one of the
world’s largest collections of art deco–styled
buildings dating from the 1920s to the 1940s.
This enclave of eclectic art deco, Streamline
Moderne (see page 97), and Nautical Moderne
architectural landmarks, known as the Miami
Art Deco District, is located along thirty blocks
of South Beach; it is composed of more than
900 apartment buildings, residences, and hotels
and is traditionally known as tropical deco.
The term art deco was ...
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ISBN: 9781592537792