Napier - Louis Hay was the architect of the Art Deco buildings I liked the best in Napier. His building is the brick one. The Art Deco buildings are characterized by zig zag designs taken from the skyscrappers in NY that were forced by legislation to be stepped back as they got taller so sunlight could penetrate to the streets below. The buildings all had features that emphasized streamlining - sleek metal, speed lines, lots of predominant upward design themes, and the loss of all the heavy Victorian and Edwardian heavy balustrades.