Deco LAndmarks : art deco gems of Los Angeles
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Deco LAndmarks : art deco gems of Los Angeles
Chronicle Books, c2005
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Deco LA
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Before it was famous for its eccentric and highly influential mid-century commercial design, Los Angeles was already a treasure trove of elegant architecture in the Art Deco style. Thanks in part to a movie industry that burgeoned during the Deco Era, lending a sophisticated and optimistic elegance to popular film musicals, Los Angeles is one of the world's most thoroughly Art Deco towns. Products of the streamlined style of the 1920's and New Deal building efforts during the 1930's, many of these buildings fell into disrepair or were marred by ill-fitting facades in later years; at one point their style was considered passe. Recently these buildings have become the focus of intense regional preservation efforts. This glorious survey features hundreds of colour photographs from across the Southland, with dazzling detail and majestic and sometimes whimsical elements that define Art Deco style. The result is a unique reference book for Deco buffs and Los Angeles aficionados alike, with a foreword by Bevis Hillier, the critic who coined the term art deco.
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