Here's a primer on Art Deco design style, which is still popular. The geometric forms and opulent materials of the era's ...

In a c. 1935 illustration of the Chrysler Building, a spotlight in the spire sheds its glow on the city below. Bridgeman Images As the New York Times reported in May 1929, skyscrapers had ...

American enthusiasm for French craftsmanship and artisanal expertise has reached new heights. Pierre Yovanovitch, Mathieu ...

A diagram showing the size of the wind farm turbines for the Empire Wind Project compared to the Chrysler building in New York City. Empire Wind “I think that no public utility should be making ...

An heir to the Goldman property empire has snapped up a Tribeca home as a twisting legal drama over his stake in his ...

With its beautiful rings, Saturn may be the most stunning planet in the solar system. It is the sixth planet from the sun and ...

Consider, for instance, the top of the Chrysler Building in New York (pictured), completed in 1930 to become the world’s first “supertall” skyscraper. The decorative arts incorporated ...

A 9,000 square feet house in New York's East Hampton recently got sold for $17.77 million, breaking a record for the town’s Northwest Woods section. The modernist building, known as the Bar ...

the structure’s ornate details, including hand-carved eagles and gargoyles lining its terrace balustrade, remain. By 1987, the building earned New York City landmark status, celebrated for what ...

As Burke says, the Victorian era in Australia saw an evolution from "stripped back" design in the early years to "detail and ... buildings like the Chrysler Building in New York.

A skyscraper with a tiered, masonry facade designed by architecture studio Robert A M Stern Architects and informed by ...

A Free Press reporter's bad rental car experience prompted him to ask readers to share their own, and they didn't hold back.