WELCOME
WELCOME TO
ART DECO WEEKEND 2016
®
Miami Design Preservation League
T he(MDPL)
welcomes you to Miami Beach,
Ocean Drive and our 39th annual Art Deco
Weekend®! A free community art and
cultural experience for everyone to enjoy
during three days of non-stop events. Our
theme this year is, “The Art of Architecture:
Celebrating Architecture from Coral Rock to
Exoskeletons.” As an Architect this theme is
dear to my heart. This year we recognize
how architecture is an art form in and of
itself. In addition to the artist created; murals,
terrazzo floors, iron railings, etched glass
windows, neon lights and lighting fixtures that
are apart of these buildings the architecture
is a work of art as well. From the vernacular
coral rock houses of the 1910’s and 1920’s
to the exoskeleton structures of today, the
materials the Architect selects make their
buildings works of art.
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ART DECO WEEKEND
Since 1978 the Miami Design Preservation
League has sponsored this celebration. We
close Ocean Drive and invite the World to join
us in recognizing the historic architecture of
Miami Beach. We educate, we entertain, but
mostly we have fun! What began as a way
of drawing people to the district and teaching
them about Art Deco to help preserve and
protect it, has become an event that itself is
a part of the history of Miami Beach. Today
this annual event helps MDPL continue to bring
attention to the district that we fight every
day to protect. Although our architecture is
recognized world-wide, it still needs protection
from destruction! By participating in Art Deco
Weekend® you are helping us fight the fight
to protect these buildings.
This year we welcome our cultural friends
to Art Deco Weekend; AIA Miami, Bass
Museum of Art, Fantasy Theatre Factory,