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Chrysler Building - Art Deco

The Chrysler Building is located in New York City and was designed by architect William Van Alen. It is considered a leading example of Art Deco architectural style, featuring geometric decorations and ornamental elements. Unique features include black and white horizontal stripes, eagle head sculptures inspired by Chrysler cars, and an ornate lobby ceiling mural. The crown of the building has seven crescent-shaped indents in a triangular window, and it was once the tallest building in the world.

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Chrysler Building - Art Deco

The Chrysler Building is located in New York City and was designed by architect William Van Alen. It is considered a leading example of Art Deco architectural style, featuring geometric decorations and ornamental elements. Unique features include black and white horizontal stripes, eagle head sculptures inspired by Chrysler cars, and an ornate lobby ceiling mural. The crown of the building has seven crescent-shaped indents in a triangular window, and it was once the tallest building in the world.

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CHRYSLER BUILDING

Located in: Grand Central - 42 St


Address: 405 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10174, United States
Architect: William Van Alen
Height: 319 m
Architectural styles: Art Deco, Streamline Modern
Construction started: 19 September 1928
Floors: 77
Architecture firm: Reinhard, Hofmeister & Walquist

The Chrysler Building was designed by New York architect William Van Alen, the
building is a leading example of Art Deco architecture, buildings designed with
this type of architectural style generally feature an overall shape in simple
rectangular forms, but are also heavily decorated with many ornamental
elements. It was considered modern, urbane, and luxurious.
The style incorporated chevron, sunburst, fountain, and arc motifs, endless
varieties of geometric patterns, and, in later instances especially, cubic and
machine-like forms. (Reference: Ranogajec, New York Skyscrapers & Landmarks.
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-1010/architecture-design/ny-
skyscrapers-landmarks/a/van-alen-chrysler-building)
Art Deco designers synthesized and abstracted earlier motifs and patterns to
create a decorative layer on buildings laid out in conventional ways. Interiors,
however, tended to be colorful and lively, with marble and metal details in color
schemes dominated by gold, silver, black, red, and green.
Unique Art Deco elements include black and white horizontal stripes between the
floors, geometric decorations that focus on every flaw, streamlined eagle heads
and winged radiator covers protruding from the corners (a tribute to the iconic
Chrysler decoration). The most important thing is the large crown with seven
crescent-shaped dents, which are set in a triangular window.
The façade of the Chrysler Building is mostly covered with white bricks, and a
small amount of dark gray is added to the rows of windows as a horizontal
decoration to strengthen the rows of windows of the building. There are a total of
3,862 windows in the building.
The most famous feature of the Chrysler Building is the gargoyle eagle sculptures
that can be found in the eight corners of the top of the building. These eagle-
shaped gargoyles are inspired by the hood paneling of Chrysler cars.
The building possibly has the most ornate and expensive lobby in the entire city.
The first thing you notice when entering is the incredible mural covering the
entire ceiling.
(Reference: Maher 2016, Chrysler Building History and Photography,
https://www.jamesmaherphotography.com/new-york-historical-articles/chrysler-
building)

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