The Late Moderne style incorporates elements of both the
Streamline Moderne and
International styles. The first examples could be seen in the late 1930s, however, late Moderne reached its zenith in large-scale government and commercial buildings during the late 1950s and the 1960s. The style can be detected by several trademark features, such as the bezeled window, where a protruding flange resembling a bezel incorporates and outlines groups of windows. Often the single material and color of the walls and any structural projections contrasts with the frames (or other surrounds) of windows, but not using
brickwork or
stucco window dressings as in baroque and high classical. An example of the Late Moderne style in Palm Springs is the [1]
Character-defining features include:[1]
Horizontal bands of bezeled windows, sometimes with aluminum louvers
Flat roofs
Operable steel sash windows (casement, awning, or hopper)
95 N. Arroyo Pkwy.,
Old Pasadena, Pasadena, California (1925/1947)[6]
Alexanders,
Hollywood Boulevard Historic District, Los Angeles, California (Alexanders (6624 Hollywood Blvd.): (original, Late moderne remodel of earlier 1917 commercial utilitarian structure.)[7]