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, sometimes referred to by either name alone, was a late branch of the Art Deco style. Its architectural style emphasized curving forms, long horizontal lines, and sometimes nautical elements (such as railings and porthole windows). It reached its height in 1937.
The style was the first to incorporate electric light into architectural structure. In the First Class dining room of the SS ''Normandie'' , fitted out 1933 – 35, twelve tall pillars of Lalique glass and 38 columns lit from within illuminated the room. The Strand Palace Hotel foyer (1930), preserved from demolition by the Victoria And Albert Museum in 1969, marked one of the first uses of internally-lit architectural glass, and coincidentally was the first Moderne interior preserved in a museum.
- 1926 - Long Beach Airport Main Terminal, Long Beach, California
- 1930 - Strand Palace Hotel , London. Foyer designed by Oliver P. Bernard
- 1931 - The Eaton's Seventh Floor (including the Eaton Auditorium and the Round Room restaurant) in Toronto , Canada , designed by Jacques Carlu , located in the former Eaton's department store.
- 1933 - Burnham Beeches in Sherbrooke, Victoria , Australia . Harry Norris architect.
- 1933- The Lawson "Zephyr" clock designed by Kem Weber for Lawson Time of Alhambra, CA.
- 1933 - Merle Norman Building, Santa Monica, California ''See also History Of Santa Monica, California ''
- 1933-1940 - The interior of Chicago 's Museum Of Science And Industry , designed by Alfred Shaw
- 1934 - Chrysler Airflow , the first mass-market streamline automotive design
- 1935 - Pan Pacific Auditorium , Los Angeles, California
- 1935 - Edificio Internacional De Capitalización , Mexico City , Mexico
- 1935 - The Hindenburg , Zeppelin passenger accommodations
- 1935 - The interior of Lansdowne House on Berkeley Square in Mayfair , London is redesigned and redecorated in the Art Moderne style and opens as the Lansdowne Club.
- 1936 - Minneapolis Armory , Minneapolis, Minnesota
- 1937 - Belgium Pavilion, at the Exposition Internationale, Paris
- 1937 - TAV Studios (Brenemen's Restaurant), Hollywood, California
- 1937 - Minerva (or Metro) Theatre and the Minerva Building, Potts Point, New South Wales , Australia
- 1937 - Bather's Building at San Francisco's Aquatic Park
- 1937 - Barnum Hall (High School auditorium), Santa Monica, California
- 1937 - Wan Chai Market , Wan Chai , Hong Kong
- 1937 - River Oaks Shopping Center, Houston, Texas
- 1938 - Mark Keppel High School , Alhambra, California
- 1939 - Marine Air Terminal , La Guardia Airport, New York ''(pictured)''
- 1939 - New York World's Fair
- 1939 - Cardozo Hotel , Ocean Drive , South Beach , Miami Beach, Florida
- 1940 - Gabel Kuro jukebox designed by Brooks Stevens .
- 1940 - Greyhound Bus Station, Ann Arbor, Michigan
- 1941 - Avalon Hotel, Ocean Drive , South Beach , Miami Beach, Florida
- 1944 - Huntridge Theater , Las Vegas , Nevada
- 1946 - Gerry Building, Los Angeles, California
- 1947 - Sears Building, Santa Monica, California
- 1948 - Greyhound Bus Station, Cleveland, Ohio
- 1949 - Sault Memorial Gardens , Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario
The style was applied to appliances such as electric clocks, sewing machines, small radio receivers and vacuum cleaner. These also employed developments in Materials Science including Aluminum and Bakelite .
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