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. In industrial design, it was used in railroad locomotives, telephones, toasters, buses, appliances, and other devices to give the impression of sleekness and modernity. In France, it was called the ''style paquebot'', or "ocean liner style", and was influenced by the design of the luxury ocean liner SS ''Normandie'', launched in 1932.

Influences and origins

As the

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of the 1930s progressed, Americans saw a new aspect of Art Deco, ''i.e.'', streamlining, a concept first conceived by

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ers who stripped Art Deco design of its ornament in favor of the aerodynamic pure-line concept of motion and speed developed from scientific thinking. The cylindrical forms and long horizontal windowing in architecture may also have been influenced by constructivism, and by the New Objectivity artists, a movement connected to the German Werkbund. Examples of this style include the 1923 Mossehaus, the reconstruction of the corner of a Berlin office building in 1923 by

Erich Mendelsohn Erich Mendelsohn (21 March 1887 – 15 September 1953) was a German architect, known for his expressionist architecture in the 1920s, as well as for developing a dynamic Functionalism (architecture), functionalism in his projects for department ...

and

Richard Neutra Richard Joseph Neutra ( ; April 8, 1892 – April 16, 1970) was an Austrian-American architect. Living and building for the majority of his career in Southern California, he came to be considered a prominent and important modernist architect. He ...

. The Streamline Moderne was sometimes a reflection of austere economic times; sharp angles were replaced with simple, aerodynamic curves, and ornament was replaced with smooth concrete and glass. 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

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foyer (1930), preserved from demolition by the Victoria and Albert Museum during 1969, was one of the first uses of internally lit architectural glass, and coincidentally was the first Moderne interior preserved in a museum.

Architecture

Streamline Moderne appeared most often in buildings related to transportation and movement, such as bus and train stations, airport terminals, roadside cafes, and port buildings. It had characteristics common with modern architecture, including a horizontal orientation, rounded corners, the use of glass brick walls or porthole windows, flat roofs, chrome-plated hardware, and horizontal grooves or lines in the walls. They were frequently white or in subdued pastel colors. An example of this style is the Aquatic Park Bathhouse in the Aquatic Park Historic District, in San Francisco. Built beginning in 1936 by the Works Progress Administration, it features the distinctive horizontal lines, classic rounded corners railing and windows of the style, resembling the elements of ship. The interior preserves much of the original decoration and detail, including murals by artist and color theoretician Hilaire Hiler. The architects were William Mooser Jr. and William Mooser III. It is now the administrative center of Aquatic Park Historic District. The Normandie Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico, which opened during 1942, is built in the stylized shape of the ocean liner SS ''Normandie'', and displays the ship's original sign. The Sterling Streamliner Diners in New England were

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s designed like streamlined trains. Although Streamline Moderne houses are less common than streamline commercial buildings, residences do exist. The Lydecker House in Los Angeles, built by Howard Lydecker, is an example of Streamline Moderne design in residential architecture. In tract development, elements of the style were sometimes used as a variation in postwar row housing in San Francisco's

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Hotel Shangri-La Hotel Shangri-La is a full-service boutique hotel located at 1301 Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica, California. It is an example of Streamline Moderne architecture and Art Deco design. The Hotel Shangri-La is family-owned, and is currently run by Pa ...

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, Chicago, Illinois (1939), by

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. Towers added 1948. File:Studio of National Broadcasting System, at night, Radio City, Hollywood, Calif (67295).jpg, Night image, NBC Hollywood Studios (also known as "Radio City Hollywood") at

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and Vine (1938)

"Paquebot" style

In France, the style was called ''Paquebot'', meaning

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. The French version was inspired by the launch of the ocean liner '' Normandie'' in 1935, which featured an Art Deco dining room with columns of Lalique crystal. Buildings using variants of the style appeared in Belgium and in Paris, notably in a building at 3 boulevard Victor in the

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, by the architect Pierre Patout. He was one of the founders of the Art Deco style. He designed the entrance to the Pavilion of a Collector at the 1925 Exposition of Decorative Arts, the birthplace of the style. He was also the designer of the interiors of three ocean liners, the '' Ile-de-France'' (1926), the ''

L'Atlantique SS ''L'Atlantique'' was a French ocean liner owned by the Compagnie de Navigation Sud Atlantique, a subsidiary of the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (CGT). When completed in 1931 she was the largest, swiftest and most luxurious ocean liner o ...

'' (1930), and the '' Normandie'' (1935). Patout's building on Avenue Victor lacked the curving lines of the American version of the style, but it had a narrow "bow" at one end, where the site was narrow, long balconies like the decks of a ship, and a row of projections like smokestacks on the roof. Another 1935 Paris apartment building at 1 Avenue Paul-Daumier in the

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had a series of terraces modelled after the decks of an ocean liner. The Flagey Building was built on the

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in Ixelles ( Brussels), Belgium, in 1938, in the ''paquebot'' style, and has been nicknamed "Packet Boat" or "paquebot". It was designed by , and selected as the winning design in an architectural competition to create a building to house the former headquarters of the Belgian National Institute of Radio Broadcasting (INR/NIR). The building was extensively renovated, and in 2002, it reopened as a cultural centre known as Le Flagey. File:SS Normandie (ship, 1935) interior.jpg, Main dining room of the ocean liner S.S. ''Normandie'' by Pierre Patout (1935) File:Immeuble de Pierre Patout Bd Victor Paris XV.jpg, ''Paquebot'' building at 3 boulevard Victor, 15th arrondissement, Paris by Patout (1935) File:Ancien Institut national de Radiodiffusion - vue d'ensemble.JPG, Flagey Building (or ''Maison de la Radio''), Ixelles ( Brussels), Belgium (1938)

Automobiles

The defining event for streamline moderne design in the United States was the 1933–34 Chicago World's Fair, which introduced the style to the general public. The new automobiles adapted the smooth lines of ocean liners and airships, giving the impression of efficiency, dynamism, and speed. The grills and windshields tilted backwards, cars sat lower and wider, and they featured smooth curves and horizontal speed lines. Examples include the 1934

Chrysler Airflow The Chrysler Airflow is a full-size car produced by Chrysler from 1934 to 1937. The Airflow was the first full-size American production car to use streamlining as a basis for building a sleeker automobile, one less susceptible to air resistance. ...

and the 1934

Studebaker Land Cruiser The Studebaker Land Cruiser is an automobile that was produced by the Studebaker Corporation of South Bend, Indiana (United States) from 1934–1954. The Land Cruiser debuted at the World's Fair alongside the Silver Arrow, a product of Studebake ...

. The cars also featured new materials, including

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plastic, formica, Vitrolight opaque glass,

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, and enamel, which gave the appearance of newness and sleekness. Other later examples include the 1950 Nash Ambassador "Airflyte" sedan with its distinctive low fender lines, as well as

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's postwar cars, such as the Commodore, that "were distinctive streamliners—ponderous, massive automobiles with a style all their own". File:Rumpler (31713119053).jpg, The Rumpler Tropfenwagen (1921) was designed by Edmund Rumpler, who was initially an aircraft designer File:Sportovní vůz Supersport.gif, The 1931 WIKOV Supersport, Prostějov Moravia was one of the first produced truly aerodynamically designed automobiles. File:Tatra 77A dutch licence registration AM-44-01 pic10.JPG, The 1934 Tatra 77 was one of the first serial-produced truly aerodynamically designed automobiles. File:1934ChryslerAirflow.jpg, 1934

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(1934) Stout Scarab 2.jpg,

Stout Scarab The Stout Scarab is a streamlined 1930–1940s American car, designed by William Bushnell Stout and manufactured by Stout Engineering Laboratories and later by Stout Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan. The Stout Scarab is credited by s ...

(1935) on display at Houston Fine Arts Museum Bugatti Aérolithe AV.jpg,

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Planes, boats and trains

Streamlining became a widespread design practice for aircraft, railroad locomotives, and ships. File:Boeing, 247.jpg, Boeing 247 airliner (1933) File:DC3UnitedLndgOak (4476848126).jpg,

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locomotive designed by Henry Dreyfuss (1936) File:6229 Duchess of Hamilton at the National Railway Museum.jpg,

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locomotive (1938) File:PCC-Chicago-4.jpg, Chicago

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File:M 290.002 Slovenská strela, Žleby zastávka – Žleby 02.jpg, 1936 M 290.0 Slovenská Strela speed train, Czechoslovakia. Slovenská strela was manufactured by Tatra Kopřivnice in Moravia in 1936 for Czechoslovak State Railways.

Industrial design

Streamline style can be contrasted with functionalism, which was a leading design style in Europe at the same time. One reason for the simple designs in functionalism was to lower the production costs of the items, making them affordable to the large European working class. Streamlining and functionalism represent two different schools in modernistic

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radio (1952)

Other notable examples

* 1923

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. Reconstruction by

and

* 1926: Long Beach Airport Main Terminal, Long Beach, California * 1928: Lockheed Vega, designed by John Knudsen Northrop, a six-passenger, single-engine aircraft used by

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* 1928: Doctor's Building in Kyiv, Ukraine * 1928–1930: Canada Permanent Trust Building in Toronto * 1930:

, London; foyer designed by

Oliver Percy Bernard Oliver Percy Bernard OBE MC (8 April 1881 – 15 April 1939) was an English architect, and scenic, graphic and industrial designer. He was instrumental in developing conservative Victorian British taste in a modernist European direction; mu ...

* 1930–1934:

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, designed by B. Flazer of Palmer and Turner * 1931: The Eaton's Seventh Floor in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, designed by Jacques Carlu, in the former

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department store * 1931:

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, rebuilt in Art Deco and Streamline Moderne styles after a major earthquake * 1931–1932: ''Plärrer Automat'', Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany by later Nazi-collaborate architect Walter Brugmann * 1931–1933:

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, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada by

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* 1931–1944: Serralves House, Porto, Portugal, designed by

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* 1932: Edifício Columbus, São Paulo, Brazil (demolished 1971) * 1932: Arnos Grove Tube Station, London, England, designed by Charles Holden * 1933: Casa della Gioventù del Littorio, Rome, designed by Luigi Moretti * 1933: ''Ty Kodak'' building in Quimper, France, designed by Olier Mordrel * 1933: Southgate tube station, London * 1933:

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, Australia.

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architect * 1933: Merle Norman Building, Santa Monica, California ''See also History of Santa Monica, California'' * 1933: Midland Hotel, Morecambe, England * 1933:

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, Montevideo, Uruguay * 1933–1940: Interior of Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry, designed by Alfred Shaw * 1934: Pioneer Zephyr, the first of

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's streamlined stainless-steel locomotives * 1934: Tatra 77, the first mass-market streamline automotive design * 1934:

, the second mass-market streamline automotive design * 1934:

in Santa Monica, California * 1934: Edifício Nicolau Schiesser, São Paulo, Brazil (demolished 2014) * 1935: Ford Building in Balboa Park, San Diego, California * 1935:

The De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea The De La Warr Pavilion is a grade I listed building, located on the seafront at Bexhill on Sea, East Sussex, on the south coast of England. The Modernist and International Style building was designed by the architects Erich Mendelsohn and ...

, England * 1935: Pan-Pacific Auditorium, Los Angeles * 1935: Edificio Internacional de Capitalización, Mexico City, Mexico * 1935:

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, Zeppelin passenger accommodations * 1935: The interior of Lansdowne House on Berkeley Square in Mayfair, London * 1935: The Hamilton Hydro-Electric System Building, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada * 1935: MV ''Kalakala'', the world's first streamlined ferry * 1935: Technologist's Building in Kyiv, Ukraine * 1935–1938: Former Belgian National Institute of Radio Broadcasting (known as the ''Maison de la Radio'') on Eugène Flagey Square in Ixelles ( Brussels), by Joseph Diongre * 1935–1956: High Tower Court,

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* 1936:

Lasipalatsi Lasipalatsi ( sv, Glaspalatset; meaning literally "glass palace") is a functionalist office building designed in the 1930s, located on Mannerheimintie in the Kamppi district of Helsinki, Finland. Lasipalatsi is one of Helsinki's most notable func ...

, in Helsinki, Finland, functionalist office building and now a cultural and media center * 1936: Florin Court, on Charterhouse Square in London, built by Guy Morgan and Partners * 1936: Campana Factory, historic factory in Batavia, Illinois * 1936: Edifício Guarani, São Paulo, Brazil * 1936: Nordic Theater, Marquette, Michigan * 1936: Alkira House, Melbourne * 1937: Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London * 1937:

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, London, facing the Earls Court Exhibition frontage * 1937:

Blytheville Greyhound Bus Station The Blytheville Greyhound Bus Station is located at 109 North 5th Street in Blytheville, Arkansas. It is a single-story island-type station in the Streamline Moderne architectural style, with rounded corners, and projecting canopies on either si ...

in Blytheville, Arkansas * 1937: Regent Court, residential apartments on Bradfield Road, Hillsborough, Sheffield * 1937:

Malloch Building The Malloch Building is a private residential apartment building on Telegraph Hill in San Francisco designed in the Streamline Moderne style and built in 1937. The building, one of the best examples of its type in San Francisco, is also known ...

, residential apartments at 1360 Montgomery Street in San Francisco * 1937:

B B Chemical Company The B B Chemical Company is an historic office and industrial building at 784 Memorial Drive in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It was built in 1937 for the Boston Blacking Company, an adhesive manufacturer whose most famous brand name was ''Bostik' ...

, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, built by Coolidge, Shepley, Bulfinch & Abbott * 1937: Belgium Pavilion, at the Exposition Internationale, Paris * 1937: TAV Studios ( Brenemen's

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* 1937: Dudley Zoo, Dudley, UK * 1937: Hecht Company Warehouse in Washington, D.C. * 1937: Minerva (or Metro) Theatre and the Minerva Building, Potts Point, New South Wales, [ustralia * 1937: Bather's Building in the Aquatic Park Historic District, now the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park Maritime Museum * 1937: Barnum Hall (High School auditorium), Santa Monica, California * 1937:

J.W. Knapp Company Building The J.W. Knapp Company Building is a historic five-story, Streamline Moderne building in Lansing, Michigan, United States. Designed by Orlie Munson of the Bowd–Munson Company, which also designed several other Art Deco landmarks in Lansin ...

(department store)

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* 1937:

Wan Chai Market, Wan Chai The Old Wanchai Market Building was constructed in 1937. It is located at 264 Queen's Road East, at the Wan Chai Road crossing, opposite Stone Nullah Lane in Wan Chai, Hong Kong Island. It is a Grade III Historic Building. Its architectural ...

, Hong Kong * 1937: River Oaks Shopping Center, Houston * 1937: Toronto Stock Exchange Building, mix of Art Deco and Streamline Moderne * 1937: Pittsburgh Plate Glass Enamel Plant, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, by Alexander C. Eschweiler * 1937:

Old Greyhound Bus Station (Jackson, Mississippi) The Greyhound Bus Station at 219 N. Lamar St., Jackson, Mississippi, was the site of many arrests during the May 1961 Freedom Rides of the Civil Rights Movement. The Art Deco building has been preserved and currently functions as an architec ...

* 1937: Gramercy Theatre, New York City * 1937: Gdynia Maritime University in Poland, by Bohdan Damięcki * 1938: Esslinger Building in

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* 1938: Fife Ice Arena in

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, United Kingdom * 1938: Mark Keppel High School, Alhambra, California * 1938:

Greyhound Bus Terminal (Evansville, Indiana) The Greyhound Bus Terminal in downtown Evansville, Indiana, also known as the Greyhound Bus Station, is a Streamline Moderne-style building from 1938. It was built at a cost of $150,000. ''Note:'' This includes and Accompanying photographs Its ...

* 1938: ''

20th Century Limited The ''20th Century Limited'' was an express passenger train on the New York Central Railroad (NYC) from 1902 to 1967. The train traveled between Grand Central Terminal in New York City and LaSalle Street Station in Chicago, Illinois, along th ...

'', New York City * 1938: Jones Dog & Cat Hospital, West Hollywood, California, by Wurdeman & Beckett (remodel of 1928 original construction) * 1938:

Greyhound Bus Depot (Columbia, South Carolina) The Greyhound Bus Depot is a former Greyhound Lines intercity bus station in Columbia, South Carolina. It is at 1200 Blanding Street in downtown Columbia. The depot was named to the National Register of Historic Places on December 28, 1989. Afte ...

* 1938:

Marine Court Marine Court is a Grade II listed Streamline Moderne (Art Deco) apartment block on the seafront of St Leonards-on-Sea, part of the town and borough of Hastings in East Sussex, England. The block was built between 1936 and 1938 and was modelled ...

, St Leonards, East Sussex, England * 1939: Bartlesville High School, Bartlesville, Oklahoma * 1939:

in Chicago, Illinois * 1939: Marine Air Terminal, LaGuardia Airport, New York City * 1939:

Road Island Diner, Oakley, Utah The Road Island Diner is a rare classic Streamline Moderne 60' x 16' Art Deco diner car restaurant located in the remote mountain city of Oakley, Utah, in the United States. It was prefabricated as diner # 1107 in 1939 at the Elizabeth, New Jer ...

* 1939: Albion Hotel, South Beach, Miami Beach, Florida * 1939: New York World's Fair * 1939: Boots Court Motel in Carthage, Missouri * 1939: Cardozo Hotel, Ocean Drive, South Beach, Miami Beach, Florida * 1939: Daily Express Building, Manchester, England * 1939: East Finchley tube station, London, England * 1939: Appleby Lodge, Manchester, England * 1940: Gabel Kuro jukebox designed by Brooks Stevens * 1940:

Ann Arbor Bus Depot The Ann Arbor Bus Depot was an intercity bus station located at 116 W. Huron in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It was built in 1940 as the Eastern Michigan Motorbus Terminal, and operated as a bus station until its demolition in 2014. It was designed by th ...

, Michigan * 1940:

Jai Alai Building The Manila Jai Alai Building was a building designed by American architects Welton Becket and Walter Wurdeman that functioned as a building for which jai alai games were held. It was built in the Streamline Moderne style in 1940 and survived ...

, Taft Avenue Manila, Philippines (demolished 2000) * 1940: Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, California * 1940:

Las Vegas Union Pacific Station, Las Vegas, Nevada The Plaza Hotel & Casino is a casino– hotel located in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada owned by the Tamares Group, and PlayLV is the leaseholder and operator of the property. It currently has 995 rooms and suites, as well as an casino and mor ...

* 1940: Rivoli Cinemas, 200 Camberwell Road Hawthorn East, Melbourne, Australia * 1940: Pacaembu Stadium, São Paulo, Brazil * 1941: Avalon Hotel, Ocean Drive, South Beach, Miami Beach, Florida * 1942:

Coral Court Motel The Coral Court Motel was a 1941 U.S. Route 66 motel constructed in Marlborough, Missouri (a St. Louis suburb) and designated on the National Register of Historic Places in St. Louis County in 1989 as a valuable example of the art deco and stream ...

in Marlborough, Missouri * 1942: Normandie Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico * 1942: Mercantile National Bank Building in Dallas, Texas * 1942: Musick Memorial Radio Station in Auckland, New Zealand * 1943: Edifício Trussardi in São Paulo, Brazil * 1944: Huntridge Theater, Las Vegas, Nevada * 1945: Muscats Motors, Gżira, Malta * 1945:

Ressano Garcia Ressano Garcia is a small town in the Maputo Province, Mozambique. The town is adjacent to Komatipoort in South Africa. The town has around 11,200 people living in it. Transport Both road and rail cross the border here from Mozambique into Sou ...

Railway Station, Mozambique * 1946: Gerry Building, Los Angeles, California * 1946: Canada Dry Bottling Plant, Silver Spring, Maryland * 1946: Broadway Theatre, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada * 1949:

Sault Memorial Gardens, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario The Sault Memorial Gardens was a former ice hockey arena in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, for 57 years from 1949 to 2006. It was located in the heart of the downtown district at 169 Queen Street. The Gardens was one of the first Northern Ontario a ...

* 1949: Beacon Lodge, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada * 1951:

Federal Reserve Bank Building, Seattle, Washington The Federal Reserve Bank Building, also known as the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Seattle Branch, served as the offices of the Seattle branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco for over 50 years, from 1951 to 2008. The bui ...

* 1954: Poitiers Theater designed by Edouard Lardillier * 1955: Eight Forty One (former Prudential Life Insurance Building), Jacksonville, Florida, designed by

KBJ Architects KBJ Architects, Inc. (KBJ) is an American architectural firm based in Jacksonville, Florida. The firm designed 17 of the city's 30 tallest buildings and "created Jacksonville's modern skyline", according to ''The Florida Times-Union'' newspaper.Ker ...

* 1957: Edinburgh Place Ferry Pier ( Star Ferry Pier, Central), Hong Kong (demolished 2006) * 1957: Tsim Sha Tsui Ferry Pier, Hong Kong * 1965: Hung Hom Ferry Pier, Hong Kong * 1968: Wan Chai Pier, Hong Kong (demolished 2014)

In motion pictures

*Tanks, aircraft and buildings in William Cameron Menzies's 1936 movie '' Things to Come'' *The buildings in

Frank Capra Frank Russell Capra (born Francesco Rosario Capra; May 18, 1897 – September 3, 1991) was an Italian-born American film director, producer and writer who became the creative force behind some of the major award-winning films of the 1930s ...

's 1937 movie '' Lost Horizon'', designed by

Stephen Goosson Stephen Goosson (March 24, 1889 - March 25, 1973) was an American film set designer and art director. Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Goosson was an architect in Detroit before starting his film career as art director for producer Lewis J. Se ...

*The design of the "Emerald City" in the 1939 movie ''

The Wizard of Oz ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' or ''The Wizard of Oz'' most commonly refers to: *'' The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'', a 1900 American novel by L. Frank Baum often reprinted as ''The Wizard of Oz'' ** Wizard of Oz (character), from the Baum novel serie ...

'' *The main character's helmet and rocket pack in the 1991 movie ''The Rocketeer'' *The High Tower apartments, featured in the 1973 film '' The Long Goodbye'' and 1991 film '' Dead Again'' *The Malloch Apartment Building at 1360 Montgomery St, San Francisco that serves as apartment for

Lauren Bacall Lauren Bacall (; born Betty Joan Perske; September 16, 1924 – August 12, 2014) was an American actress. She was named the 20th-greatest female star of classic Hollywood cinema by the American Film Institute and received an Academy Honorary Aw ...

's character in ''Dark Passage''

References

Bibliography

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External links

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Streamline Moderne & Nautical Moderne Architecture in Miami Beach
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San Francisco 1939 Modern 'Wedding Cake'
, HGTV.com {{Architecture in the United States Streamliners Streamline Moderne 20th-century architectural styles