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In the 1930s, an architectural revolution came to South Beach, bringing Art Deco, Streamline Moderne, and Nautical Moderne architecture to the Beach. South Beach claims to be the world's largest collection of Streamline Moderne Art Deco architecture.
The Miami Beach Art Deco Museum describes the Miami building boom as coming mostly during the second phase of the architectural movement known as Streamline Moderne, a style that was “buttressed by the belief that times would get better, and was infused with the optimistic futurism extolled at American’s World Fairs of the 1930s.” [4]
Casa Casuarina, also known as the Versace Mansion, is an American property built in 1930, renowned for being owned by and the place of the murder of the Italian fashion designer Gianni Versace; he lived there from 1992 until his death in 1997.
Shelborne Beach Resort, Miami Beach, 1940 SLS South Beach Hotel , Miami Beach, 1939 Sovereign Building, Collins Waterfront Architectural District , Miami Beach, 1941
South Florida's Delray Beach, on the Atlantic Coast between Palm Beach and Fort Lauderdale, was a popular retreat for artists and writers in the 1930s and 1940s.
Streamline Moderne is an international style of Art Deco architecture and design that emerged in the 1930s. Inspired by aerodynamic design, it emphasized curving forms, long horizontal lines, and sometimes nautical elements.
Addison Cairns Mizner (/ ˈ m aɪ z n ər / MIZE-ner) (December 12, 1872 – February 5, 1933) was an American architect whose Mediterranean Revival and Spanish Colonial Revival style interpretations changed the character of southern Florida, where the style is continued by architects and land developers. [1]
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