Streamline Moderno

Lo stile Streamline Moderno fu una derivazione dell'ultimo stile Art Decò che si sviluppò negli anni '30. Il suo stile architettonico enfatizza le forme curve, lunghe linee orizzontali ed alcuni elementi nautici.

Caratteristiche

Orientazione orizzontale
Angoli arrotondati, corner windows, and glass brick walls
Glass block
Porthole windows
Chrome hardware
Smooth exterior wall surfaces, usually stucco (smooth plaster finish)
Flat roof with coping
Horizontal grooves or lines in walls
Subdued colors: base colors were typically light earth tones, off-whites, or beiges; and trim colors were typically dark colors (or bright metals) to contrast from the light base.

Esempi in Architettura

1926: Long Beach Airport Main Terminal, Long Beach, California
1930: Strand Palace Hotel, Londra. Foyer progettato da Oliver Percy Bernard
1930–1934: Broadway Mansions, Shanghai, progettato da B. Flazer of Palmer and Turner
1931: The Eaton's Seventh Floor a Toronto, Canada, progettato da Jacques Carlu.
1931: Napier, New Zealand, ricostruito in stile Art Deco e Streamline Moderno dopo un terremoto.
1933: Ty Kodak, Quimper, Francia, progettato da Olier Mordrel.
1933: Southgate tube station, Londra
1933: Burnham Beeches a Sherbrooke, Victoria, Australia. Architetto Harry Norris.
1933: Merle Norman Building, Santa Monica, California
1933: Midland Hotel, Morecambe, Morecambe, Regno Unito.
1933–1940: Interni del Museo delle Scienze di Chicago, progettati da Alfred Shaw
1934: Hotel Shangri-La (Santa Monica), California
1935: Ford Building (San Diego, California), Balboa Park
1935: The De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea, Regno Unito
1935: Pan Pacific Auditorium, Los Angeles
1935: Edificio Internacional de Capitalización, Città del Messico, Mexico
1935: Interni dellaLansdowne House a Berkeley Square in Mayfair, Londra.
1936: Lasipalatsi, a Helsinki, Finlandia.
1936: Florin Court, a Charterhouse Square in Londra, costruito da Guy Morgan and Partners.
1937: B and B Chemical Company, at 780 Memorial Drive in Cambridge, Massachusetts, built by Coolidge, Shepley, Bulfinch & Abbott and added to the National Historic Register in 1982.
1937: Belgium Pavilion, at the Exposition Internationale, Parigi
1937: TAV Studios (Brenemen's Restaurant), Hollywood
1937: Hecht Company Warehouse, Washington, DC
1937: Minerva (or Metro) Theatre and the Minerva Building, Potts Point, New South Wales, Australia
1937: Bather's Building in the Aquatic Park Historic District, now the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park Maritime Museum, with exhibits and social halls.
1937: Barnum Hall (High School auditorium), Santa Monica, California
1937: J.W. Knapp Company Building (department store) Lansing, Michigan
1937: Wan Chai Market, Wan Chai, Hong Kong
1937: River Oaks Shopping Center, Houston
1938: Mark Keppel High School, Alhambra, California
1938: Normandie building, Mar del Plata
1939: Bartlesville High School, Bartlesville, Oklahoma
1938: Danum House, Doncaster, England
1939: Coca-Cola Building (Los Angeles), California
1939: First Church of Deliverance, Chicago, Illinois
1939: Marine Air Terminal, LaGuardia Airport, New York
1939: Road Island Diner, Oakley, Utah
1939: New York World's Fair
1939: Cardozo Hotel, Ocean Drive, South Beach, Miami Beach, Florida
1939 Royer Building Ephrata, PA
1940: Greyhound Bus Station, Ann Arbor, Michigan
1940: Jai Alai Building, Taft Avenue Manila, Philippines (demolished)
1940: Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, California
1940: Las Vegas Union Pacific Station, Las Vegas, Nevada
1941: Avalon Hotel, Ocean Drive, South Beach, Miami Beach, Florida
1942: Normandie Hotel a San Juan, Puerto Rico
1942: Mercantile National Bank Building, Dallas
1944: Huntridge Theater, Las Vegas, Nevada
1946: Gerry Building, Los Angeles, California
1946: Broadway Theatre, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
1947: Sears Building, Santa Monica, California
1948: Greyhound Bus Station, Cleveland
1949: Sault Memorial Gardens, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
1949: Varsity Theatre, Davis, California

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