Pueblo Deco is an architectural style that combinate Art Deco and the indigenous culture as the localism of the Southwest in the United States.
The emersion of Pueblo Deco is said to be related to the fact that the Southwest attracted attention as a tourist destination due to the opening of the railroad in the 1920s. It is characterized by focusing on the adoption of indigenous shapes and patterns in the details rather than the skeleton of the building. The essence of Pueblo Deco is the Kimo Theater in Downtown Albuquerque.
The features of Art Deco are the vertical window layout and staircase-form design. On the other hand, mosaic tiles that imitate Hopi spirits, terracotta belts with Pueblo clouds, Navajo orientation and Acoma bird patterns, and rounded silhouettes are cited from indigenous culture. A unique architecture that combines localism and modern architecture has emerged.
On the main street in Downtown Albuquerque, there are three other representative architectures of Pueblo Deco.
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reference
"Pueblo Deco" (Carla Breeze, Rizzolli, 1990)
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