#deco architecture

[alpojones]

[eyesaremosa1cs]

[toyastales]

The Art Deco peacock doors, Chicago 1925

[caelubculling]

The Majestic Hotel - Hugh Ferriss (1889-1962), American architect and illustrator

[miamaimania]

Urban Time Capsule: Reinhart Wolf's 1979 Lens on the Art Deco Majesty of New York's Comcast Building

[trb752]

Former Dr. Pepper bottling plant, 1937

3201 Washington St, Greenville, Texas, USA

In 1987, the building was renovated as a residence.

(Photos: screenshots from Google instant view by Sally Jo)

[vintagehomecollection]

Rooms by Design, 1989

[modernism-in-metroland]

Odeon Cinema, Leicester Square

1937

Andrew Mather and Harry Weedon

[madlori]

A few days ago, my BFF and I took a quick overnight trip to Detroit. She wanted to go to their art museum, it's a 3.5 hour drive, so we decided to make an overnight of it.

The Detroit Institute of Art has a truly historic permanent installation, namely a courtyard completely covered with murals by Diego Rivera, and they are stunning in that "stand there and get teary over human creativity" kind of way.

Anyway that isn't the point of this post.

We went to a jazz club that night, and the next morning we went for brunch. We had like an hour's wait, so we walked a few blocks away in downtown Detroit to the Guardian Building, which I'd been told was worth seeing. It's just an office building, open whenever, you can just walk in and look around, but it looks like THIS:

It's an absolutely stunning Art Deco building that's currently owned by Wayne County and houses most of their offices, along with other tenants.

There is a ton of Deco architecture in Detroit, as most of the big expansion of the city during the automobile boom was in the 20s and 30s. Downtown Detroit is back to being a bustling social hub and the city's recovered a lot from its crises.

I recommend a visit.

[evan-collins90]

Bathroom selections from the book, 'Colors For Living - Baths' by Jennie L. Pugh (1994)

[sir20]

Hotel Regina's staircase, by sir20

[2000s-angell]

Cc:owner

[clawmarks]

Field Museum of Natural History - John Gilbert Wilkins - 1926 - via Internet Archive (edited)

[vintage-tigre]

The Chrysler Building est. 1930

405 Lexington Ave, Manhattan

In the 1930s, the Chrysler Building stood as a symbol of ambition and sophistication, crowned by the exclusive Cloud Club, an Art Deco retreat for New York's elite financiers and executives. Though the club is long gone, the building endures as a timeless icon of the city's golden era.

[trb752]

WJR broadcast building, Riverview, Michigan, USA

[vintagehomecollection]

The windows of a small day-room in the southeast corner of the house are glazed with stained glass.

The Los Angeles House: Decoration and Design in America's 20th-Century City, 1995