Art Deco

Art Deco (French: Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes) was an early twentieth century movement in the decorative arts, that also grew in influence to affect architecture, fashion and the visual arts.

Noted Art Deco designs

• The Argyle Hotel in Los Angeles, California
• Empire State Building
• Chrysler Building
• Dallas Fair Park Hall of State
• Golden Gate Bridge
• Fisher Building in Detroit
• Guardian Building in Detroit
• The Mapes Hotel in Reno, Nevada
• Peace Hotel in Shanghai
• Asmara, the capital city of Eritrea
• The ocean liners Ile de France, Normandie and RMS Queen Mary
• The Montreal Eaton 9th floor restaurant is a copy of the huge SS Ile de France first class dining room
• Napier, New Zealand - In 1931 the city of Napier was levelled by the Napier earthquake and ensuing fires. The city was rebuilt in the Art Deco style.
• The Hoover Building, Perivale, London
• The India Tyres of Inchinnan office block, Inchinnan, Renfrewshire, Scotland
• Anzac War Memorial, Sydney built 1929-34 designed C Bruce Dellit (1900-1942), Sculptor: Rayner Hoff.
• Radio City Music Hall
• Université de Montréal central building
• Supreme Court of Canada in Ottawa
• Marine Building in Vancouver
• The East and West Stands at Arsenal Stadium in London
• Eltham Palace extension, south-east London
• The Colleen Moore Dollhouse at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry
• Boston Avenue Methodist Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Designed by Bruce Goff.
• The city hall of Asheville, North Carolina, built 1926 - 28 http://www.ci.asheville.nc.us/commune/history.htm.
• The Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal in Cincinnati, Ohio.
• Waterman Phileas fountain pen
• Chicago, Illinois
• Chicago Board of Trade Building
• Carbon and Carbide Building
• 720 and 730 Fort Washington Avenue, in the Hudson Heights area of Manhattan in New York City, New York.
• South Beach in Miami Beach, Florida.

Jean Gardner's book Houses of the Art Deco Years ISBN 1898030715 looks at the influence of art deco upon suburban housing styles in England. She considers each architectural feature, chapter by chapter, to reveal how various art deco styles influenced British domestic architecture in 1920s and 1930s.

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