Streamline

(Miami Beach, Florida) The Miami Art Deco District holds the largest collection of Art Deco buildings in the world, covering a range of styles such as “Streamline”, “Tropical”, and “Med-deco”. By notable Miami beach architect L. Murray Dixon, this hotel is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and contributes to what many call the Beach School of Architecture. New materials and technologies, such as reinforced concrete, were key to the development and appearance of Art Deco. Other technologies such as plate glass, allowed larger and stronger windows, and mass-producing aluminum was used for the frames and details. After the “Great Miami Hurricane” of 1926 the real estate market took a brief downturn, followed by a building boom coinciding with the optimistic futurism of America’s 1930s World Fairs.