Deco – characterised by clean lines, bold geometric shapes and jazzy colours – was seen as thrustingly modern. And it had a ...

The Empire State Building did not start out as the jewel in New York’s Art Deco crown. Rather it was conceived so that financier Jacob Raskob could turn a real estate profit in an underutilized ...

Credit: iStock This complex of 14 buildings, completed in 1933 and centred on a winter ice rink, is the ultimate in art deco, showing many of its design influences: Assyrian and Greek sculpture ...

Opened in 1935, the building's architecture mixes Greek and Beaux-Arts styles with art deco, most notably in its ornamented facade that also ties in Egyptian influences, as was popular during the ...

The 1,046-foot-tall Chrysler Building, completed in May of 1930, was the pinnacle of both the then-unnamed Art Deco period and the skyscraper boom that rapidly transformed New York City’s skyline.

Nearly a century after art deco architecture took over ... Spanish, Mediterranean and Beaux-Arts influences from the era. ... although it went on to be used again in New York City buildings.

A century after it was formally introduced at the 1925 International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts, in Paris, Art Deco is enjoying a resurgence in decor, fashion and more. A ...

If you asked a stranger on the street to name an architectural style, Art Deco would undoubtedly be a popular response.

The 1,046-foot-tall Chrysler Building, completed in May of 1930, was the pinnacle of both the then-unnamed Art Deco period and the skyscraper boom that rapidly transformed New York City’s skyline.