Instead, Art Deco was a truly contemporary style, influenced strongly by what was happening at the time: The industrial ...

India's architecture fans guard Mumbai's Art Deco past A towering cinema with a roofline like an ocean liner stands out in India's financial capital Mumbai, part of a remarkable Art Deco architectural ...

Architects used geometric patterns and streamlined structures to evoke the popular technologies of the time, including airplanes and ocean liners. As a style, Art Deco can appear as an odd ...