A South Beach Miami Hotel built in the Art Deco architectural style.
About this creation
This three story hotel represents a typical Miami Art Deco structure built in the late 1920s to the 1930s. While there are Art Deco buildings scattered around in various cities in America and other countries, the amazing thing about the area in South Beach is that almost all the building were built at the same time all in the Art Deco style. This hotel was not modeled after one prototype, it was built as a combination of features from The Marlin hotel and the Breakwater hotel.
One reason I built this building (besides simply liking Art Deco) is that there appears to be very few examples of Lego structures building in the Art Deco style. This sorry state of affairs must come to an end!
The Miami Hotel on a bright sunny day. The angle of the rays from the Sun at noon in Michigan during summer is about the same as it would be in late winter in Miami (which is when I would want to go to Florida anyway).
Art Deco hotels in South Beach have a strong vertical emphasis in the center of the building. They also make use of either bright or pastel colors or both.
Most of the Art Deco hotels combine both strong horizontal emphasis to each side around the vertically oriented center section. Windows with horizontal panes are also quite common. Search for "Miami Art Deco" under Google Images and you will see what I mean.
I used gray train windows for the upper floors in an attempt to impart a nautical element that was a hallmark of the "Streamline Moderne" subgenre of the Art Deco movement.
The upper floors are removable so you can see the staircase, hallway, and rooms. The hotel has eight rooms which are currently being refurbished (I do not yet have the right parts for furniture).
So Jim! I typed miami and found this, and was oggling at it and saw that it was yours! Another amazing creation!! Nice seeing you in the store hopefully dark tan pieces come on our wall :D
