“Art Deco may best be described as a popular form of modernism. If we think of modern architecture in its most rigorous form as having stripped away ornament and replaced it with glass-and-steel ...

Art Deco architecture: the origins and characteristics. In 1925, however, the term 'Art Deco' did not exist. Its inaugural use appeared in the 1960s when the very first major exhibition delving into ...

Art deco architecture has a habit of cropping up in unexpected places, such as Kaunas, Lithuania's second city, while a book has been written about art deco brickwork in Baghdad.

Art Deco’s centennial celebrations prove its enduring allure—bold, lavish, and unapologetically modern, its influence still shapes design, fashion, and architecture a century later. Caroline Roux ...

Art deco buildings don't just dot the downtown skyline; they're dispersed around metro Detroit, too. When it comes to art deco architecture in Detroit, everyone knows the Fisher Building, the ...

Miami Beach is known for its art deco architecture, a design style of the 1920s and '30s that's characterized by bold colors and geometric shapes. It often incorporates styles of cubism, futurism ...

Hong Kong was no pioneer of the architectural style, which flourished post-WWI, but there are still some gems to be found – ...

APPLETON — The iconic 222 Building on West College Avenue was added to the State Register of Historic Places on Friday due to its Art Deco architecture and commercial and social ties to Aid ...