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    Beauxs-Arts, and Art Deco. This style is called PWA Moderne, Federal Moderne, Depression Moderne, Classical Moderne, Stripped Classicism, or Greco Deco. These...
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  • Moderne or moderne in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Moderne may refer to: Moderne architecture, styles of architecture popular from 1925–1940s PWA...
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    Hoover Dam (category PWA Moderne architecture)
    Hoover Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the U.S. states of Nevada and Arizona. Constructed...
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    des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne (1937) (1937 Paris Exposition) Googie architecture PWA Moderne – a Moderne style in the United States completed...
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    traditionally classified as Art Deco, Streamline Moderne, Late Moderne, and, in the U.S., PWA/WPA Moderne. Architectural historian Richard Guy Wilson characterized...
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    Depression led to a new style for government buildings, sometimes called PWA Moderne, for the Public Works Administration, which launched gigantic construction...
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    Abraham Lincoln High School (Los Angeles, California) (category PWA Moderne architecture in California)
    Abraham Lincoln High School, usually referred to simply as Lincoln High School, is a secondary school located in the Lincoln Heights district of Los Angeles...
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    Organicism Postconstructivism Postmodernism PWA Moderne Prairie School Rationalist-Fascist Stalinist Streamline Moderne Stripped Classicism Structuralism Sustainable...
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    Art Deco (redirect from Zigzag moderne)
    stores. Classic Moderne has a more graceful appearance, and there is less ornamentation. Classic Moderne is also sometimes referred to as PWA (Public Works...
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    Mission Revival and Colonial Revival from the city's early days, to the PWA Moderne of the 1930s, to modern, postmodern, and deconstructivist styles from...
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    Sepulveda Dam (category PWA Moderne architecture in California)
    The Sepulveda Dam is a dry dam constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to withhold winter flood waters along the Los Angeles River. Completed in...
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    Minneapolis Armory (category PWA Moderne architecture)
    Public Works Administration grant. The building is an example of the PWA Moderne style, a design characterized by strong geometry, bold contouring and...
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    John Adams Building (category PWA Moderne architecture)
    The John Adams Building is the second oldest of the buildings of the Library of Congress of the United States. Built in the 1930s, it is named for John...
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    Hall of Waters (category PWA Moderne architecture in the United States)
    Hall of Waters, also known as Siloam Park and Springs, is a historic building located at Excelsior Springs, Clay County, Missouri. It is currently the...
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    Jordan High School (Long Beach, California) (category PWA Moderne architecture in California)
    Jordan High School is a public high school in Long Beach, California. It is part of the Long Beach Unified School District. The school is named in honor...
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  • remodeled by architect Hugh Davies. The remodeling included PWA Moderne, Streamline Moderne, and Art Deco design. A new administration building was completed...
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  • Boulder Elementary School (category PWA Moderne architecture in Utah)
    The Boulder Elementary School, at 351 N 100 E in Boulder, Utah, is a PWA Moderne-style school completed in 1936. The builder was Arthur McInelly, Sr....
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  • Administration Building, or the Civic Building — a historic 12,200 sq.ft. PWA Moderne style concrete building, built in 1938 by the Works Projects Administration−WPA...
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  • San Pedro High School (category PWA Moderne architecture in California)
    San Pedro High School is a public high school in the Los Angeles Unified School District and is located in the San Pedro portion of the city of Los Angeles...
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    Travis County Courthouse (category Moderne architecture in Texas)
    courthouse was built between 1930 and 1931 in the then-contemporary PWA Moderne style, and it was later expanded in 1958 and 1962. Travis County's first...
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    Administration (PWA) in 1933 for funds with $400,000 in subsidies finally arrived in Fort Worth in 1937. A three-story, triangular PWA Moderne structure designed...
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    Winona City Hall (category PWA Moderne architecture)
    federal relief efforts of the New Deal and for its exceptional Classical Moderne architecture. The building was designed by the local firm of Boyum, Schubert...
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    Lewiston Community Building (category PWA Moderne architecture in Utah)
    the National Register of Historic Places since April 1, 1985. It is PWA Moderne in style. "National Register Information System". National Register of...
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    Ely Community Center (category PWA Moderne architecture)
    restrained Neoclassical formalism, a style that came to be known as PWA Moderne. The Ely Community Center continued serving many of its original functions...
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    William R. Cotter Federal Building (category PWA Moderne architecture)
    The William R. Cotter Federal Building is a historic post office, courthouse, and federal office building located at 135–149 High Street in Hartford, Connecticut...
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    Frist Art Museum (category PWA Moderne architecture)
    acres (1.0 ha) Built 1932 Architect Marr & Holman Architectural style Moderne, Art Deco MPS Marr and Holman Buildings in Downtown Nashville TR (AD) NRHP reference No...
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    Long Beach Main Post Office (category PWA Moderne architecture in California)
    Beach Boulevard in downtown Long Beach, California. The Art Deco and PWA Moderne style building opened in 1934 and was added to the National Register...
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    architecture or its elements. Related styles have been described as PWA Moderne and Greco Deco. The movement was widespread, and transcended national...
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  • Bear River High School Science Building (category PWA Moderne architecture in Utah)
    Register of Historic Places in 1985. It is a two-story red brick building, PWA Moderne in style. It was one of 233 buildings built in Utah as part of similar...
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    Sanpete County Courthouse (category PWA Moderne architecture in Utah)
    Register of Historic Places in 1985. It was built of oolite limestone in PWA Moderne style. It has a two-story central block with vertical window panels and...
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