This year marks the 100th anniversary of the International Exhibition of Modern and Industrial Arts in Paris — the showcase that gave the world Art Deco.

The designs and styles on display back then spread everywhere, including Miami Beach. After 1926, “Tropical Deco” transformed the city, and today it’s one of Miami Beach’s defining features.

But Miami wasn’t alone. About 9,000 miles away, Mumbai, India, also saw a wave of Art Deco architecture.

A new global initiative called Art Deco Alive! Is launching this fall to celebrate the style’s centennial and the surprising connection between the two cities.

The curiosity of Salma Merchant Rahmathulla, Gayatri Hingorani and Smiti Kanodia led them to start the initiative. Rahmathulla and Hingorani moved to Miami a few years ago and were surpr

See Full Page