If we think of modern architecture in its most rigorous form as having stripped away ornament and replaced it wit ...

Specifically concerning architecture, Art Deco is largely about verticality ... ornaments and radiator grilles. The only Art Deco building more famous than the Chrysler Building is the Empire ...

A decorative style of bold geometric shapes and bright colours, it encompassed furniture, textiles, ceramics, sculpture and architecture. The term ‘Arts Decoratifs’ (later shortened to Art Deco in the ...

Architecture aficionados may go crazy over Miami's South Beach, but the coastal Indian megacity is home to what experts believe is one of the world's largest collections of Art Deco buildings.

Written by Bruce Peter, professor of design history in the Glasgow School of Art's School of Design, Art Deco Scotland: Design and Architecture in the Jazz Age explores Art Deco’s legacy in Scotland.

Short for the French “Arts décoratifs”, art deco is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design that first appeared in Paris in the 1910s (just before World War I), and caught on ...

A brand new book by a Glasgow Professor exploring the influence of Art Deco on Scottish architecture and design has hit the shelves. Published by Historic Environment Scotland (HES), the book titled ...