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Identifying feature

Sunburst motif

A pattern of straight rays spreading from a central point or half circle, placed over doors, windows and gates or near a building's top. It is common in Art Deco design.

a sign of these styles

Theme Building, Los Angeles: an example of Googie Googie c. 1945–1970 Space-age roadside optimism: upswept roofs, boomerang angles, starburst signs, and neon.

also seen on

Art DecoEgyptian Revival

often seen with

Carved stone relief Figures or patterns carved into stone so they project from a flat background, called low relief when shallow… Flat roof A roof that is level or nearly level, often edged by a low wall called a parapet. Battered wall A wall built with a batter, meaning it slopes inward as it rises and is thicker at the base. Cantilever A beam, floor or part of a building that projects beyond its support and is anchored at only one end. Colonnade A row of evenly spaced columns carrying a horizontal beam, called an entablature, or a roof. Corner window A window that wraps around a building's corner with no post at the corner. Exposed structure A building's frame, beams, trusses (triangles of linked beams), pipes or ducts left visible instead of… Geometric ornament Decoration made of zigzags, chevrons (V shapes), stepped forms and other repeated geometric shapes instead…