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The Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum in Auburn, Indiana delivers that childlike wonder with every gleaming fender and chrome detail. This isn’t some dusty collection of old jalopies crammed ...
The Story Bridge, with its sweeping steel trusses and art deco towers, is a striking sight above the Brisbane River in ...
There’s a moment when you first step into the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum that feels like discovering a treasure chest filled with mechanical jewels. This isn’t just another roadside ...
Structural health monitoring is a proactive and technology-driven approach to safeguarding ageing infrastructure.
The ornate iron gate is a stunning example of craftsmanship, blending cold forging and profile pipe construction to create a ...
While the Stanford Theatre is recognized as a landmark by the Art Deco Society of California, some purists may have a nit to ...
In East Asia, Shanghai is the best known and largest repository of art deco buildings, but examples can also be found in Tokyo, Singapore, Tianjin, Guangzhou and, if you know where to look, Hong Kong.
“With its eccentric steel helmet and grandiose lobby, a temple to the power of American industry, the Chrysler Building encapsulated the giddy excess of its time—an Art Deco exclamation point ...
As the prominent structures of the 1930s and 1950s are pulled down, lovers of Art Deco are creating social media handles and archival projects to remind people of how cities across India made this ...
Then, in 1929, architect Howard Robertson unveiled the iconic stainless steel “Savoy” sign which runs the width of Savoy Court, above. Brussels is also full of Art Deco.
Art deco, short for Arts Décoratifs, turns 100 years old this year. In celebration of this AN looks back at the style’s origins and its relevance today.
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.