"The shapes in this book are all on buildings within the Art Deco District in Miami Beach, Florida. Art Deco is a style of architecture characterized by bold lines and simple geometric shapes such as circles, squares, rectangles, diamonds, and ovals. The Art Deco District consists of over 800 buildings and is one of the largest concentrations of Art Deco architecture form the 1920s-1930s in the world."--Chapter 1.