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The Art Deco style, which originated in France just before World War I, had an important impact on architecture and design in the United States in the 1920s and 1930s. The most notable examples are the skyscrapers of New York City, including the Empire State Building, Chrysler Building, and Rockefeller Center.
A list of 20 most beautiful Art Deco-style skyscrapers in the U.S. including a brief history and architectural significance.
In the United States, Art Deco was embraced by Raymond Hood, who designed three of the most distinctive buildings in New York City—Radio City Music Hall auditorium and foyer, the RCA / GE Building at Rockefeller Center, and the New York Daily News building.
Art deco expresses America's best and worst of times: the exuberant Jazz Age and the Great Depression. Miami Beach's Art Deco District is the largest and best known art deco...
Art Deco, movement in decorative arts and architecture in Europe and the United States during the 1920s and ’30s. Its distinguishing features include simple, clean shapes, often with a streamlined look; ornament that is geometric or stylized from representational forms; and unusually varied materials.
Art Deco is a design movement popular in the 1920s and 1930s that not only influenced architecture and interior design, but also fashion, jewelry and commercial and industrial design.
Art Deco Architecture swept across the United States between the 1930s to the 1960s. Art Deco structures typically have a sleek, linear appearance that is combined with stylish geometric ornamentation that adds a unique flair to the building.