Here some pictures I took last week…Hideout will be back to Miami
in March for WMC 2011.. the full line up will be announced soon…
Luca
Miami Beach’s building boom came during the second phase of Art Deco known as Streamline
Moderne, which began with the stock market crash and ended in most cases with the outbreak
of World War II. It was less decorative—a more sober reflection of the Great Depression. It relied
more on machine-inspired forms, and American ideas in industrial design. It was buttressed by
the belief that times would get better and was infused with the optimistic futurism extolled at
America’s Worlds Fairs of the 1930s. Stripped Classic or Depression Moderne was a sub-style
often used for governmental buildings, the U.S. Post Office being the best example in Miami
Beach. Miami Beach architects used local imagery to create what we now call Tropical Deco.
These buildings feature relief ornamentation featuring whimsical flora, fauna and ocean-liner
motifs to reinforce the image of Miami Beach as a seaside resort.
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