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There’s a lot of talk about the architecture of Miami , and many references to its art deco style . It is truly one of the most unique cities in the country, and the many styles running through the city reveal its history. There’s more than art deco here, certainly, and the experience of looking at old buildings when one emerges from the hottest new nightclub is nothing less than postmodern. It’s a pastiche of styles from all over the world, and covering many eras, but art deco might be one of the most refined influences present.

It is certainly very pleasing to the eye, with sumptuous details that reveal an excess of attention to the small things. It’s the kind of detail that one might find in the best miami hotels , where there’s evidence of attention in every corner. Here, the art deco style is one that derived from the influence of the King Tut exhibit in the 1920s. The tombs that were decorated for queens and kings in ancient Egypt served as an inspiration for the architectural school of art deco when it was first developing. There’s no coincidence, then, when one sees the bright contrast of bright sea blue on gold in an archway and remembers that the sarcophagus of pharos had the very same thing.

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