Observer Wrote:
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> Pdxrailtransit Wrote:
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> > Technically there is no such thing as an Art
> Deco
> > building. Art Deco properly refers to items of
> > decoration, such as jewelry, lamps, and
> furniture.
> > The buildings are either Moderne, Zig-Zag
> Moderne,
> > or Streamline Moderne, as in the Las Vegas
> depot.
> > The extension of meaning of Art Deco is in
> large
> > part due to the ignorance of magazine feature
> > writers, etc.
>
> Pretty sure there will be a slew of architects
> that disagree with you... tho, I doubt they read
> this forum.


If they are clueless and under 40. My brother in an architect licensed in three states, and he is the one who pointed out my error of calling a building Art Deco 30 years ago. As I pointed out in my post, the meaning of the word has verged, but that still does not make it correct.