Design & Desire in the Twentieth Century

This photo taken by Australian photographer David Thompson shows the Ritz Plaza Hotel (1940) L Murray Dixon, architect on the left, with Robert Swartburg’s Delano Hotel (1947) at Miami’s South Beach.

Photo: David Thompson. Ritz Plaza Hotel (1940) at left and Delano Hotel (1947) on right, South Beach, Miami, FL.
Source: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3614/5823314939_5109aac784.jpg

Visit David Thompson’s Art Deco Buildings blog for more on the Delano Hotel.

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   Thompson These hotels in Miami looks like they’re ready to either fly off or launch rockets.

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