About Napier Art Deco Rebuild
Napier fell down on a Tuesday morning in February 1931 and went back up by 1933 — 111 buildings, almost all of them Art Deco, almost all of them two storeys, because nobody in Hawke's Bay wanted height again.
The result is a street of oxide-tinted cement stucco: biscuit and ochre fields, pink and green and powder-blue panels, cream relief ornament, and kowhaiwhai koru curves pressed into deco cornices. Low, wide, painted, and still standing.
- Origin
- Napier, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
- Era
- 1900–1950; rebuild 1931–1933 after the 3 February 1931 Hawke's Bay quake
- Key figures
- Louis Hay · E. A. Williams · Finch & Westerholm · Napier Art Deco Trust
- Movements
- Art Deco · Spanish Mission · Stripped Classical
Napier Art Deco Rebuild design spec
Colors
Background
Surface
Primary
Secondary
Accent
Text
Typography
LimelightHeadings
Josefin SansBody
Courier NewMono
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