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The Chrysler Building Has Towered Above New York City for Nearly a Century. Now, the Art Deco Skyscraper Is for SaleWhen it was completed in 1930, the 1,046-foot building was briefly the tallest in the world. In recent years, it's fallen ...
The 1,046-foot-tall Chrysler Building, completed in May of 1930, was the pinnacle of both the then-unnamed Art Deco period and the skyscraper boom that rapidly transformed New York City’s skyline.
Midtown’s shimmering Art Deco crown jewel is officially for sale—again. The Chrysler Building, that spired symbol of 1930s ...
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This Art Deco icon grazing the sky is the first skyscraper to ever be built in EuropeA pioneering Art Deco tower in 1930s Europe When it first rose into Antwerp’s skyline in 1932, the Boerentoren looked like nothing else in Europe. Inspired by New York’s skyscrapers, it ...
Our next Art Deco Centenary profile looks at American architect Raymond Hood, whose knack for skyscrapers led to him being branded the "brilliant bad boy of architecture". Hood's buildings include ...
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