Late Moderne is a phase of
Moderne architecture as defined by the
National Register of Historic Places.
Style
The Late Moderne style incorporates elements of both the
Streamline Moderne
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 ...
and
International styles. The first examples could be seen in the late 1930s, however, late Moderne reached its zenith in large-scale government and commercial buildings during the late 1950s and the 1960s. The style can be detected by several trademark features, such as the bezeled window, where a protruding flange resembling a bezel incorporates and outlines groups of windows. Often the single material and color of the walls and any structural projections contrasts with the frames (or other surrounds) of windows, but not using
brickwork or
stucco
Stucco or render is a construction material made of aggregates, a binder, and water. Stucco is applied wet and hardens to a very dense solid. It is used as a decorative coating for walls and ceilings, exterior walls, and as a sculptural and a ...
window dressings as in baroque and high classical. An example of the Late Moderne style in Palm Springs is the
Character-defining features include:
[
*Horizontal bands of bezeled windows, sometimes with aluminum louvers
*Flat roofs
*Operable steel sash windows (casement, awning, or hopper)
*Exposed concrete or cement plaster veneer
*Projecting window frames
*Horizontal emphasis
]
Examples
Examples of Late Moderne include:
*Bullock's Pasadena
Bullock's Pasadena, in Pasadena, California, is a 240,000-square foot (21 368 m²) Late Moderne architectural style building. Built in 1947, it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
History
Design
The building was ...
, Pasadena, California
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I ...
, 1945 (opened 1947)
* Superior Oil Company Building, 555 S. Flower St., Los Angeles, California (1955)
*1202 3rd Street Promenade (former J.C. Penney Building, 1949), Third Street Promenade, Santa Monica, California
*2019 Grace Avenue, Whitley Historic District, Hollywood, Los Angeles
*95 N. Arroyo Pkwy., Old Pasadena
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Old Pasadena began as the ...
, Pasadena, California (1925/1947)
*Alexanders, Hollywood Boulevard Historic District, Los Angeles, California (Alexanders (6624 Hollywood Blvd.): (original, Late moderne remodel of earlier 1917 commercial utilitarian structure.)
*Barber Lydiard Building, Great Falls, Montana
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Historic District
*Colonial Theater, Belfast Historic District, Belfast, Maine
*Department of City Planning (USO Hospitality House), San Francisco, California (1941)
*Dollard Building, 687 N. Palm Canyon Drive, Palm Spring, California, John Porter Clark and Albert Frey, architects (1947)[
*Lunch counter and interior of Werner's Restaurant, Vickers Building, Baltimore, Maryland (1951)
*Southwestern Bell Capitol Main Office Late Moderne office expansion building at 1114 Texas Avenue, Houston, Texas (1950)
*Stuart Company Plant and Office Building, 3360 Foothill Blvd., Pasadena, California (1958)
*Vaughan Building (Western Building), ]Midland, Texas
Midland is a city in and the county seat of Midland County, Texas, United States. A small part of Midland is in Martin County.
At the 2020 census, Midland's population was 132,524. It is the principal city of the Midland, Texas metropolitan ...
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