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It was on May 6 that I wrote about the Art Deco style completing a century across the world. I was not quite prepared for the flood of emails, comments, and calls that followed, recalling one or ...
Dharmaj, a village in Anand in Gujarat, stands as an example of Art Deco architecture and design being a symbol of aspiration and cosmopolitanism in non-urban areas in the mid-20th century.
A 1938 landmark by Shorabji Bhedwar, featuring a red sandstone façade, ziggurat roofline, and murals, epitomising Mumbai's Art Deco elegance.
One of the more interesting stories we have this week is on the village of Dharmaj in Anand, Gujarat, which has more than 120 Art Deco buildings that date back to the 1930s and ’40s—that’s a ...
A hundred years ago, Paris hosted the 1925 Exposition that gave Art Deco its name. The movement would captivate the world. Its language — sunbursts, zigzags, a blend of lavish curves with sharp ...
Art Deco has never really gone out of style: Even after a century, the zigzag meanders, suave ladies and elegant lines associated with it still define sophistication. The style gained popularity ...
It was on April 29, 1925, that the Paris Exposition formally introduced the Art Deco style to the world. It took 10 years for the form to come to Madras. In between, Bombay took to it, the ...
AN ART deco swimming pool, previously named one of the best in the world, is on the site of an old prison and features grand architecture. The Mounts Baths in Northampton were dubbed "world class ...
The 77-story Art Deco building, designed by architect William Van Alen and completed on this day in 1930, is named after one of its early tenants, the auto executive Walter P. Chrysler ...
Some of the iconic art deco architectural gems in the heart of Miami Beach, FL, might soon be lost to a wrecking ball to make way for affordable apartment units. Under a proposed update to the ...
Until two months ago, I admit that when I heard the term “Art Deco” I pictured a scene from The Great Gatsby. Strong lines that team up to form geometric designs, metallic accents, luxe ...