One of the more interesting stories we have this week is on the village of Dharmaj in Anand, Gujarat, which has more than 120 Art Deco buildings that date back to the 1930s and ’40s—that’s a ...

MIAMI BEACH, Fla.—Florida’s effort to tackle its affordable-housing crisis is crashing into this city’s famous art deco history. Proposed changes to a state law would allow developers to ...

From Kolkata to Chennai, there’s a growing movement across India to document, preserve and celebrate the fading legacy of Art Deco architecture The majestic Empress Court is one of 18 art deco b ...

It was on April 29, 1925, that the Paris Exposition formally introduced the Art Deco style to the world. It took 10 years for the form to come to Madras. In between, Bombay took to it, the ...

Art Deco has never really gone out of style: Even after a century, the zigzag meanders, suave ladies and elegant lines associated with it still define sophistication. The style gained popularity ...

Deriving from a Parisian design fair 100 years ago, "Art Deco" rose up out of the ashes of World War One, bringing confidence, prosperity, very big parties and new, instantly recognisable bold ...

The story of Art Deco architecture begins on April 28, 1925, when one of the most important exhibitions in the history of modern design and applied arts threw open its doors. The Exposition ...

When the descriptor “art deco” is used in an architectural context, images of gilded entrances, decorative metal flourishes, and sleek expressions come to mind. Think of the Empire State ...

The Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes launched the style we now call art deco, and the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles has been celebrating all weekend at one ...

Some of the city’s most iconic landmarks were inspired by the architectural design of Art Deco. It started in Europe in the early 1900s and came to New York during the Roaring ‘20s.

It drew on a wide variety of influences: ancient Egyptian and Byzantine art, Cubism, Futurism, ballet and emerging technologies. Art deco has therefore defied easy categorisation. The term itself ...

From glamourous super cinemas to white suburban villas, lidos and power stations, Scotland warmly embraced the new, bright optimism of the Art Deco movement. Now, a new book charts the country’s ...