Art Deco in Architecture

Art Deco works are symmetrical, geometric, …

Art Deco

Started: 1900. Ended: 1945.

Art Deco works are symmetrical, geometric, streamlined, often simple, and pleasing to the eye.

This style is in contrast to the avant-garde art of the period.

Crown of the General Electric Building (also known as 570 Lexington Avenue), New York City, by Cross & Cross (1933).

What is Art Deco architecture?

It is a popular design style of the 1920s and 1930s characterized mainly by sleek geometric or stylized forms and by the use of man-made materials.

Art Deco buildings have a sleek, linear appearance with stylized, often geometric ornamentation.

The primary façade of Art Deco buildings often features a series of setbacks that create a stepped outline. Low-relief decorative panels can be found at entrances, around windows, or along roof edges.

History.

The architectural style of art deco made its debut in Paris in 1903–04, with the construction of two apartment buildings in Paris, one by Auguste Perret on rue Benjamin Franklin and the other on rue Trétaigne by Henri Sauvage.