UNITED STATES
American Art Deco: Architecture & Regionalism
Carla Breeze
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Published 2003; W. W. Norton & Company (New York, NY)
Breeze focuses on how Art Deco in the United States differed from that of Europe. It examines American Art Deco’s inspiration by Indiginous cultures and explores the specific influences in each region (northeast, south, midwest/prairies, southwest, and west coast).
New York, Ny
Skyscraper Style: Art Deco, New York
Cervin Robinson
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Published 1975; Oxford University Press (New York, NY)
Robinson provides an in depth chronological account of the architects, their buildings, and ways that each structure’s completion affected the next buildings that were constructed. In addition to showcased structures with pictures and descriptions, there are also multiple listings of Art Deco structures in New York City one listed by year, another by neighborhood, etc.
Chicago, IL
Art Deco Chicago: Designing Modern America
Robert Bruegmann
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Published 2018; Yale University Press (New Haven, CT)
This resource discusses the influence of Chicago and its role as one of the largest industrial centers in the world on the Art Deco movement as a whole. Brugemann provides five essays and 100 key works created in the Chicago area during the interwar period.
Cuba
Havana Deco
Alejandro G. Alonso
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Published 2007; W. W. Norton (New York, NY)
Along with architecture in Havana, Alonso showcases the exquisite details and materials of staircases, doorways, flooring, moldings, lighting, iron, decorative panels, and gardens. There are also specific sections for building types (cinemas, hospitals, churches) and how each has their own individual stylings and common features.