Architectural Styles
Art Deco
Alt names / subperiods
Timeline
Distinguishing Features
Geographic Presence
1925- 1939
- Bold geometric forms
- zigzags, chevrons & stylized motifs
- elaborate decorative elements
- intricate motifs, reliefs & patterns
- stucco
- concrete
- glass
- metals
- chrome
- aluminum
- shiny finishes
- sense of movement and fluidity,
- streamlined shapes
- vibrant colors & contrasts
- Global
Common Building Types
Landmark buildings
Historic Accommodation Types
Accommodation Examples
- Banks
- cinemas
- commercial
- retail
- apartments
- private homes
- museums
- theatres
- civic buildings
- Chrysler Building NYC
- Empire State Building NYC,
- Miami Beach Art Deco District ( ,Majestic, Avalon, Waldorf Towers, Breakwater, Cavalier)
- National Historic Landmark District in Napier NZ
- National Tobacco Company building Napier
- Hoover Building London
- Théâtre des Champs-Élysées Paris
- Cubist Villa Prague
- Rudolf Mosse Printing and Publishing Company Building in Berlin
- Piața Sfântul Ștefan no. 1 in Bucharest
- Church of St. John the Baptist in Molenbeek (Brussels)
- Palais de Chaillot in Paris
- Economic and Social Council in Paris
- High School in King City, California
- Palais de Tokyo Paris
- Niagara Mohawk Building Syracuse NY
- La Samaritaine department store Paris
- Los Angeles City Hall
- Eastern Columbia Building LA
- Cincinnati Union Terminal
- Church of St. Joan of Arc Nice
- Mayakovskaya Metro Station Moscow
- Broadcasting House London
- 3, boulevard Victor, Paris
- Pan-Pacific Auditorium LA
- Former Belgian National Institute of Radio Broadcasting Ixelles
- Ford Pavilion 1939 NY World’s Fair
- The American Radiator Building NYC
- Carbide & Carbon Building Chicago
- Times Square Building in Rochester
- Lefcourt Building
- National Newark Building Newark
- Gulf Tower in Pittsburgh
- General Electric Building NYC
- 30 Rockefeller Plaza NYC
- Fisher Building Detroit
- Carew Tower Cincinnati
- Tuschinski Theatre Amsterdam
- Mihai Zisman House Bucharest
- Withuis Brussels
- Maison bleue Angers
- Union Hotel Bucharest
- Ministry of Justice Bucharest
- Fiat Tagliero Building Eritrea
- Grace Building Sydney
- Elmslea Chambers Goulburn
- KiMo Theater’s Albuquerque
One of the most hotel-rich periods in architectural history. It aligns perfectly with ocean liners, aviation, rail, cinema, nightlife, and mass leisure travel
- Grand Urban Hotels (Flagship Art Deco Type – New York, Chicago, Paris, London, Shanghai
- Resort & Seaside Hotels – Miami Beach, French Riviera, California coast, Australia
- Railway Hotels & Terminal Hotels
- Aviation Hotels & Airport Lodging
- Apartment Hotels & Long-Stay Residences
- Boarding Houses & Private Hotels
- Motor Hotels, Roadside Inns & Auto Courts
- Inns
- Pubs with rooms
- Waldorf Astoria New York, USA 1931
- Sunset Tower Hotel, LA 1931
- Palmer House Chicago, USA 1925 Interiors
- Cathay Hotel (now Peace Hotel) Shanghai 1929
- Fairmont Peace Hotel Shanghai, China 1929
- Broadway Mansions Shanghai 1934
- Colony Hotel [Resort] USA 1935
- Hotel Breakwater Miami Beach 1936
- Carlyle Hotel (New York City) USA 1941
- Hôtel Lutetia Paris 1910 (major Deco interiors 1920s–30s)
- Hotel Negresco Nice 1913
- Midland Hotel Morecambe UK 1933
- Strand Palace Hotel London 1930s
- Napier Hotel — New Zealand 1933
- Hotel Australia Sydney 1939 (demolished)
- Union Station Hotel
- Art Deco Motor Courts — Route 66 & California
Adaptive Reuse
- Eastern Columbia Building, Los Angeles 1930
- Art Deco Apartment Hotels New York & Paris
Landmarks
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