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Decopix
A comprehensive guide to Art Deco and Streamline Moderne architecture by Randy
Juster including photographs, history, and links.
Retropolis
UK Art Deco Architecture Website
Michael's Architecture Page
Excellent examples and history of the Art Deco Architecture in Chicago, New York,
and Tulsa.
The Empire State Building, New York
The Official web site
The Empire State Building
The
making of landmark
The Chrysler Building, New York
Building the Chrysler Building
Rockefeller Center,
New York
The RCA Building
Originally the RCA Buildingy, then the General Electric Building,
570 Lexington Avenue
The Waldorf Astoria
Hotel
When it opened the Art Deco masterpiece Waldorf Astoria was the largest
hotel in the world. The Starlight Roof was
the first supper club to have a retractable roof and it was the first
hotel to abolish the "Ladies Entrance" and to introduce
room service!
Radio City Music Hall, New York
Paramount Theatre of the Arts,
Oakland
Hall of State at Fair Park, Dallas
Deco Buildings
in Chicago
Art Deco Architecture in Kalamazoo County!
Deco Buildings
of Omaha
Art Deco Architecture
in Tulsa
Art Deco
Buildings in London
Art Deco Buildings
in Liverpool
Daily
Express Building
Fleet Street EC4. Built in 1932 with a splendid interior by Robert Atkinson and an
exterior of shiny black Vitrolite and glass by Sir Owen Williams. It is now the offices
of Goldman Sachs.
The
Daily Express Building, Manchester
This 1939 building on Great ancoats Street follows the example of
Sir Owen Williams' Daily Express
building
in Fleet
Street, London of 1931
The
Midland Bank Manchester
The major work in Manchester of Sir Edwin Lutyens
Designed 1928, erected 1933-5.
The
Ideal House
Great Marlborough Street, London, W1
Designed as a showroom for
the American Radiator Company by Raymond Hood in 1928-9 with additions by Gordon
Jeeves in 1935. It has a black granite facade and Moorish, Mexican & Persian
inspired features. Now known as Palladium House. Occupied by Caffe Uno and
Garfunkels at ground level.
The
Ideal House Photographs -
Channel4
An exceptional Art Deco building covered in polished black granite and ornamented
with Egyptian inspired bronze and enamel motifs.
The Bullocks Wilshire building
Designed by Los Angeles architects John and Donald Parkinson, the Art Deco Bullocks Wilshire building operated as a department store
for more than 60 years.
The Argyle Hotel
Built in 1931 on Sunset Boulevard, West Hollywood
The Georgian Hotel
Built in 1933 on
Ocean Avenue, Santa Monica
The Century Hotel
1939 Art Deco Hotel in South Beach, Miami
designed by Henry Hohauser
Oviatt
Penthouse
One of Los Angeles' most celebrated architectural gems
and once the playground of Hollywood royalty. This masterpiece of Art Deco design is now available as a sumptuous backdrop for your wedding, reception
or film shoot!
Googie Architecture
LA Time Machines
Bars & Restaurants
of Bygone Eras
Art Deco Apartments
in Los Angeles
Paris
1930
French estate agent for Art Deco properties
Battersea Power Station, London
Kirtling Street SW8. Designed by Sir Giles Gilbert
Scott, with an Art Deco control room, Italian marble turbine hall,
polished parquet floors, wrought iron staircases and the four
white smokestacks
Carreras
Cigarette Factory
Hampstead Road NW1.
Designed by M E & O H Collins with A G Porri in 1928.
Inspired
by Tutankhamen's Tomb and it has two 8' black cats above the entrance.
Now known as Greater London House
Glaxo
Smith Kline Building
Great West Road, Brentford
Gillete
Factory
Great West Road, Brentford.
Designed by Sir Banister Fletcher in 1936.
Hoover
Building
Western Avenue Middlesex UB6.
Designed by Wallis Gilbert & Partners (1931-5) in an Egyptian style
with vibrant colours and an impressive entrance.
OXO Tower
Tower Bargehouse Street SE1.
The tower of this 1928 building by Albert Moore was retained when it was
redeveloped as shops, restaurants & flats in 1996.
Broadcasting
House
Portland Place W1.
Designed by Val Meyers & Watson-Hart in 1932 with sculptures by Eric
Gill & Vernon Hill. It includes a restored Radio Theatre in Art Deco
style.
London
Underground Station Architecture
The London Underground expanded during the 1920s and 1930s. New stations
were built and 35 existing stations were modernised. Frank
Piick engaged architect Charles Holden
to work on a number of these projects, including the Morden extension of
1925-26 and the company's new headquarters at 55 Broadway in 1928-30.
The
Dorchester Hotel
53 Park Lane W1.
Designed by Owen Williams in 1931 it retains some of its Deco details
by W Curtis Green.
Adelphi
Theatre
Strand WC2.
The fourth & present building opened in 1930 designed by Ernest Schaufelberg
was refurbished in 1993.
Cambridge
Theatre
Earlham Street WC2.
A large theatre by Wimperis, Simpson & Guthrie opened in 1930. Art Deco features include a multilayered ceiling with concealed lighting in
the foyer and triangular patterning. There is a frieze of naked athletes
beneath the dome and collages of Day & Night in the walls above the
boxes.
Dominion Theatre
Tottenham Court Road W1.
Designed by W & T R Milburn and opened in 1929 on the site of a brewery.
The mirrored lobby has marbled & silvered stairways and original light
fittings. From the ocean liner style foyer double staircases lead to the
circle.
Duchess
Theatre
Catherine Street WC2.
Designed by Ewen Barr in 1929 with a neo-Tudor exterior. Inside are a curved
glass box office, panels with relief sculpture, Art Deco lampshades and veneer
panelling.
Phoenix
Theatre
Charing Cross Road WC2.
Neo-classical facade by Gilbert Scott with 1930s entrance. The interior
by Theodore Komisarjevsky includes mirrors and patterned ceilings.
Prince
Edward Theatre
Old Compton Street W1.
This has an Art Deco interior of 1929-30 by Marc-Henri and Laverdet with
an unusual circular foyer.
Savoy
Theatre
Strand WC2.
Redecorated by Basil Ionides in 1929 in an American look it was destroyed
by fire in 1990 but has been faithfully restored to its original splendour.
Whitehall
Theatre
Whitehall SW1.
Designed by Edward A Stone in 1930 as a cinema. It has a black and silver
interior by Marc Henri & Gaston Laverdet.
Art Deco Metropolis
New York City's architecture and history by Tony Robins
with a lot of bad links.
Looking at Buildings
An educational resource created by
the Pevsner Architectural Guides
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