Art Deco Hoover Dam,
Boulder City on the Colorado River, at the Arizona-Nevada border
Built in 1930 -1936
Architects :Gordon Bernie and Henry John Kaiser
Shown :The Hoover Dam visitor centre and parking structure ( built later) :
The structure ‘s concrete is integrally coloured to blend in with the surrounding canyon rock .As an added step to achieve the proper colour blending,the structural concrete was subsequently to etch its surface and reduce the sheen
photograph by Ginger Stein

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