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First some Art Deco I have drawn for the diagrams then local stuff.
North Dakota State Capitol, Bismarck. 1934
It's the tallest building in the Dakotas.
A view from the north ©
zenTourist
He isn't on the roof, that is part of the front steps. There is a road running underneath it, a bit closer to the building. ©
Yuorme
It is a beautifully simple example of Art Deco. ©
HPZ
United Office Building, Niagara Falls, New York. 1929
One of my favourite skyscrapers. It is undergoing renovation.
Looking up the tower ©
kid_proquo
The main doors.
©
fotoproze
Mayan influenced crown detail. ©
TimmayK
The Medical Arts Building, Duluth. 1933
I can't find pictures of this one but you can see some pictures by James Peacock on its
Emporis page. It is a very simple design, similar to North Dakota's capitol.
QWest Building St. Paul. 1937
I like the setbacks in this one, and short bulky massing.
Both images ©
army.arch
The entrance. ©
LearJer
1255 Phillips Square Montreal. 1949
An example of "Art Moderne", also known as "Streamline Modern" or "Mid-Century Modern", grew out of the Art Deco style in the mid 1930s and has more of a horizontal emphasis, while maintaining the sleek look of Art Deco. It is sometimes considered a sub-style of Art Deco, and sometimes considered a style in its own right.
This is just inside the front doors. The object in the bottom left corner is a brass mailbox. ©
colros
It's hard to find images of this one. That's it on the right, the grey building with bands of windows and the curved (streamlined) corner. ©
Steve Brandon
Close up of the windows. ©
Cedric Sam
Some examples from Thunder Bay. All photos are
mine. (Because I took them and no one else did so I own them.
)
Not the best picture if you want to actually see the architecture but it shows the font, which is an important part of the style. The original building was built in the early 1900s, and expanded in the late 1920s, at which point it received this newer Art Deco façade. It's now an antique/seasonal/gift shop.
To build on what King of the Hill gave us:
I've never been comfortable saying that this building is "Art Deco" or "Beaux Arts" because it (if you look closely) combines the two. It is a Beaux-Arts building with an Art Deco skin. (It was built in the early 1930s, as a Bank of Montreal. The original building that stood here
was Beaux-Arts, executed in brick and built in the late 1800s.)
The Royal Edward Arms, Thunder Bay, 1928.
Originally a hotel, it was designed by Dorr and Dorr of Minneapolis. The eight storey reinforced concrete structure is an art-deco style with a concrete façade and Gothic inspired details. It is notable for having more wall than windows.
Those are the original windows. The part in the bottom right corner with a smother texture is part of an addition from the 1950s or 1960s, which has a more geometric design to it. You can see a bit more of it in
the left side of this pano.
You can see the difference between the crown of the original structure and the addition. Those little balconies aren't functional, they're decoration.
It is possible that the Royal Edward's Gothic influence has something to do with the Neo-Gothic
Whalen Building of Port Arthur. But it might not. Who knows?
In front of the entrance to a café on the main floor during a summer street fair.
The last example is in the small town of Nipigon.
It looks really shabby with the dirt roads, poor state of maintenance and obese man going by in a motorized scooter, but the Nipigon Café is actually one of the best restaurants in the region, and an excellent example of Art Modern.
Ontario Architecture has some more examples of
Art Deco and
Art Moderne from around the province for anyone who is interested.
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