Monday, April 16, 2012

Art Deco in Furniture, Clothing, and Posters

Raybands and symmetry.


(I think this is contemporary.) Gradient and san serif font.

Speed, streamline, and glamor. 

Geometrical shapes.

Pastel colors.

Glamor and luxury.

Boulder on the Park

Symmetry and elongated vertical lines. 

Interesting font.

1850 South Boulder

It was built in 1923. "Charles A. Sanderson and Roy Wesley Sanderson originally constructed this building for Holland Hall School. Waite Phillips, W.G. Skelly and George S. Bole, along with several others, backed the project financially. The building was originally constructed with 9 classrooms, a shop, gymnasium, assembly auditorium, offices, and a chemical laboratory."

Casa Loma Hotel

ROOM 205

Glamor and luxury.

Luxury and glamor.

Geometrical shapes and symmetry.

Geometrical shapes, luxury, and glamor.

Bright colors, geometrical shapes, and symmetry.

Geometrical shapes.

Aerodynamic and geometric detail that was in every corner of the room.


2626-2648 East 11th Street

Now known as the Campbell Hotel, the Casa Loma Hotel was built in 1927.

Oklahoma Natural Gas Building

The use of metal

Geometrical shapes. 

624 South Boston Avenue

It was built in 1928.

Mayo Motor Inn

Symmetrical.

San serif font on the sign.


Parallel, streamlined accents on the top of the sign.

416 South Cheyenne Avenue

It was designed by Leon B. Senter & Associates, and was built in 1950.


Boston Avenue Methodist Church


Original building was symmetrical, but the two sides were not identical. 
Elongated vertical shapes and lines. 
There are raybands above the heads of the top statues. 



Parallel lines.

Symmetry.


Parallel lines.


Symmetrical.

1301 S Boston Avenue

It was built in 1929. "The Boston Avenue Methodist Church was hailed as the country’s first church designed in a strictly American style of architecture."

Thursday, April 5, 2012

Tulsa Union Depot

Symmetrical layout.

San serif font.

Rayband-like detail.


Geometric shapes.



3 South Boston Avenue

It was designed by R. C. Stephens and was built in 1931.