The “Paris of the East” might be a modern metropolis, but many of the buildings from its heyday 100 years ago are still ...

Art Deco, with its thrusting vertical elements, streamlined shapes and geometric ornamentation, captures the bold spirit of 1930s Shanghai that was rising, building and surging ahead as a splendid ...

While Art Deco buildings in Miami, New Zealand’s Napier and even the Eritrean town of Asmara are lovingly tended, Shanghai has demolished scores of equally historic structures in its headlong ...

The term ‘art deco’ is a snappy derivation of its title. Deco – characterised by clean lines, bold geometric shapes and jazzy colours – was seen as thrustingly modern.

Shanghai lures World Deco Congress 0 Comment (s) Print E-mail Shanghai Daily, February 29, 2012 ...