According to The Chrysler Building: Creating a New York Icon, Day by Day ... This is largely because of its distinctive, ...

"An icon of the stainless steel industry ... modernity and mechanisation – further cements the building's status as an art deco archtype. Newly emerging steel was used for decorative details.

The term ‘Arts Decoratifs’ (later shortened to Art Deco in the 1960s) was coined after the Exposition ... where it became a favourite for building types associated with the modern age, garages, ...

Most of these buildings are on the National Register of Historic Places. Here are cities across America where you can admire this ultra-popular architecture. (Getty Images)| Think art deco ...

The next art deco icon in our Art Deco Centenary series is ... part of the art deco story with its development of the Chrysler Building in New York. "Just think how dumb we have been" Breer ...