Pueblo Deco is an

architectural style An architectural style is a classification of buildings (and nonbuilding structures) based on a set of characteristics and features, including overall appearance, arrangement of the components, method of construction, building materials used, for ...

in the

Southwestern United States The Southwestern United States, also known as the American Southwest or simply the Southwest, is a geographic and cultural list of regions of the United States, region of the United States that includes Arizona and New Mexico, along with adjacen ...

popular in the early 20th century. Pueblo Deco fused elements of

Art Deco Art Deco, short for the French (), is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design that first Art Deco in Paris, appeared in Paris in the 1910s just before World War I and flourished in the United States and Europe during the 1920 ...

with the region's

Pueblo Pueblo refers to the settlements of the Pueblo peoples, Native American tribes in the Southwestern United States, currently in New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas. The permanent communities, including some of the oldest continually occupied settlement ...

and

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architectures, themselves inspired by

and Territorial Styles. Early Pueblo Deco design was influenced by architect Mary Colter's work, which incorporated Native American elements. The term was popularized by author Carla Breeze, whose 1984 ''Pueblo Deco: The Art Deco Architecture of the Southwest '' (written with Marcus Whiffen), and 1990 ''Pueblo Deco'' books described the fusion of southwestern motifs with the popular Deco style. Notable examples of buildings incorporating Pueblo Deco elements include the KiMo Theater in

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and the Arizona Biltmore Hotel in

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. Pueblo Revival style is associated with Art Deco's borrowing of non-Western stylistic elements, principally from Egyptian, Asian and in this case indigenous sources. The style emphasizes applied ornament, often in metalwork, together with extensive tilework and wall murals. Additional structures incorporating Pueblo Deco design include the El Navajo Hotel and the McKinley County Courthouse, both in Gallup, New Mexico.

Gallery

File:KiMo Albuquerque.jpg, KiMo Theater in

(1927) File:KiMo theater stage.JPG, Stage of the KiMo Theater File:KIMO Theater Detail.JPG, Interior detail of the KiMo Theater File:Kimo Theater, Albuquerque, New Mexico LCCN2017708031.tif, Exterior detail of the KiMo Theater File:Phoenix-Arizona Biltmore Hotel-1929.JPG, Arizona Biltmore Hotel in

(1929) File:Phoenix-Building-Arizona Biltmore Hotel-stylized bricks by architect, Albert Chase McArthur-1929-0.jpg, "Biltmore Blocks" of the Arizona Biltmore Hotel. File:Phoenix-Arizona Biltmore Hotel-1929-3.JPG, Interior of the Aztec Room in the Arizona Biltmore Hotel. File:Phoenix-Building-Arizona Biltmore Hotel Gold room-1929-3.jpg, Depiction of the "Legend of the Sun" in the Arizona Biltmore Hotel. File:McKinley County New Mexico Court House.jpg, McKinley County Courthouse in Gallup, New Mexico (1938) File:Grandstand, Arizona state fairgrounds.jpg, grandstand at the Arizona State Fairgrounds in

(1936)

References

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