The National Trust Guide to Art Deco in America

Art Deco buildings, with their highly ornate façades and dramatic forms, are a vital part of our surroundings. The cinemas, hotels, and other monuments of the 1920s and 1930s preserve the visual identity of this unmistakable style as a feature of contemporary towns and cities the world over. Art Deco style has emerged as one of the most popularly beloved idioms in US decorative arts and, by extension, architecture.

This guidebook, a record of an important period of US architectural history, takes the reader on a style tour of more than 500 Art Deco and Streamline Moderne sites, from Miami...