South Seas Hotel
- Architects
- Lawrence Murray Dixon Melvin Grossman
- Year
- 1941
- Style
- Streamline Moderne
- City
- Miami, FL
- Collection
- ocean drive deco
The South Seas Hotel, built in 1941 in South Beach, mixes Streamline Moderne and Miami Modern styling, credited to both Lawrence Murray Dixon and Melvin Grossman, two of the neighborhood's notable architects. The pairing spans a design shift from Deco-era streamlining toward the later Miami Modern idiom.
the style
The building blends Streamline Moderne's rounded, aerodynamic lines with Miami Modern massing, tracing the transition between the two eras in Miami Beach architecture.
More on Streamline Modernethe architect
Lawrence Murray Dixon and Melvin Grossman were both notable Miami Beach architects whose careers bridged the Art Deco and Miami Modern periods; the South Seas Hotel is a collaborative work between them.
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