Delano Hotel, Miami Beach
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.
Kiun-kaku: Asian and Western Elegance
Editor’s note: This post was written prior to the earthquakes and tsunami in Japan on March 12, 1011. Atami is located on Japan’s south eastern coast about 65 miles south of Tokyo. At the time of this posting, it was unclear how the city had been affected by these events.
Kiun-kaku is a “10,000-sq.-meter compound with stately mansions and a garden, built and expanded by three tycoons”(1) in the Japanese coastal resort city of Atami. The first structure, a Japanese style home, was built in 1919 by shipping tycoon Nobuya Uchida. Two Western structures and a garden were added in the early 1930s by Kaichiro Nezu, president of the Tobu Railway Company. After World War II hotelier Hyogoro Sakurai purchased the property and turned it into a hotel. The city of Atami acquired Kiun-kaku in 1999; it is now a house museum which is open to the public. More on Kiun-kaku from The Japan Times Online.
Architect unknown. One of the 1932 structures on the Kiun-kaku compound.
Photo by Satoko Kawasaki
Source: http://www.japantimes.co.jp/images/photos2010/nn20101119f1a.jpg
References
1. Kawasaki, S. & Yoshida, R. (2010, November 19). Kiun-kaku, a touch of elegance in Atami. The Japan Times Online. http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20101119f1.html
The Grove Park Inn
David Mathias, author of “Greene & Greene Furniture: Poems of Wood & Light,” posted a fine article on the historic Grove Park Inn in Asheville, North Carolina. The hotel will be hosting the annual Grove Park Inn Arts and Crafts Conference, February 18 through 20, 2011. While we won’t be in attendance this year, Mr. Mathias will be there. He’ll be holding a booksigning, sponsored by Style 1990, on Saturday, February 19, from 1:00 to 3:00. So if you plan to be at the conference do take a moment to stop by.
Fred L. Seely. Grove Park Inn (1913), Asheville, North Carolina.
Source:http://www.wood-and-light.com/blog/files/grovepark.jpg
One more shameless plug: Grove Park Inn Arts and Crafts Conference attendees, please stop by the Dalton’s American Decorative Arts booth and say “Hello” to Dave Rudd and Deb Goldwein.
