Post those art deco buildings or facades of ASIA!

Here are some. More later


Let me start with Indonesia's Art Deco capital of Indonesia, BANDUNG!

Villa Isola built in 1938

http://www.visualtext.nl/bandung/images/isolaboek1.jpg

http://www.classic.archined.nl/extra/jakarta/LJ6.jpg

Some pics from fotopages
http://dusyum.fotopages.com/

http://files.photojerk.com/baqthier/dusyumfoto1.jpg
http://files.photojerk.com/baqthier/dusyumfoto2.jpg
http://files.photojerk.com/baqthier/dusyumfoto3.jpg
http://files.photojerk.com/baqthier/dusyumfoto4.jpg
http://files.photojerk.com/baqthier/dusyumfoto5.jpg



Preanger Hotel, Bandung

http://files.photojerk.com/baqthier/preanger1930.jpg

Hotel Savoy, Bandung
http://files.photojerk.com/baqthier/hotelsavoy.jpg

Concordia Building, Bandung
http://files.photojerk.com/baqthier/concordiabuilding.jpg

Majestic, Bandung
http://files.photojerk.com/baqthier/majestic.jpg

:eat:

Shanghai

http://files.photojerk.com/baqthier/artdecoshang1.jpg

http://files.photojerk.com/baqthier/artdecoshang2.jpg

http://files.photojerk.com/baqthier/artdecoshang3.jpg

http://photos.heremy.com/basshead/33573821223.jpg

IMPERIAL HOTEL TOKYO
http://aris.ss.uci.edu/rgarfias/japan99/imperial.html

http://aris.ss.uci.edu/rgarfias/japan99/imperialhotel03.jpg
http://aris.ss.uci.edu/rgarfias/japan99/imperialhotel04.jpg
http://aris.ss.uci.edu/rgarfias/japan99/imperialhotel12.jpg
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Great thread baq!

Yes Shanghai has a lot of nice art deco :cool:

;)

Hospital Sultanah Aminah, Johor Bahru, Malaysia

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v462/xeocyuan/building/gathering003.jpg

Villa Isola looks cool!!

more pics of The bund please??:D

Some art-deco from Singapore

http://img214.exs.cx/img214/494/wbh3nf.jpg

http://img131.exs.cx/img131/9824/chtwnshp5wt.jpg

http://img105.exs.cx/img105/9826/dscn01468rk.jpg

http://img145.exs.cx/img145/3656/keongsaik56td.jpg

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/2/103dscn1140.jpg


more later :cool:

how do you define "art deco"?

Actually I wasnt sure myself and I had no clue when I came on the forum LOL

the only art-deco buildings I knew were Chrysler & Empire State.

From looking at examples others posted, I'd say art-deco is defined by clean sharp lines and less ornamentation than neo-classical styles. But I could be wrong ^^

the only art-deco buildings I knew were Chrysler & Empire State.

actually that's what i thought, that's why i believe buildings in bund are also art deco, they are the same style, but i have no idea why those indonesian buildings are art deco.

baqthier yu need to explain :)

Miami Beach is considered the Art Deco capital of the world. I read somewhere that Mumbai is considered to have the second largest number of art deco buildings. Though I don't know if that is a fact or an exaggeration.

The difference between Miami's and Mumbai's buildings of course is the maintenance part.

Here's a section from TIFR's Mumbai guid [not updated for a long time]

"In the 1930's many of Bombay's buildings were constructed in the Art Deco style. In fact, the whole frontage on the west of Oval Maidan, terminated by the Eros Cinema on the North, is Art Deco. Other famous buildings are the Regal and Metro cinemas"

I will post some pics later...

Here is Eros Cinema!

http://www.richturner.co.uk/images/ili7.jpg

actually that's what i thought, that's why i believe buildings in bund are also art deco, they are the same style, but i have no idea why those indonesian buildings are art deco.

baqthier yu need to explain :)

hehe...i don't know how to explain..but it has that Sky Captain of Tommorrow feeling :D

impreessiiivveee..hehe! very nice

^ yeah i like em :)

Manila Metropolitan Theater

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t16/acosicris/art%20deco/Manila_Metropolitan_Theater.jpg

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t16/acosicris/art%20deco/manila-met-theater-2.jpg



Manila Central Post Office

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t16/acosicris/art%20deco/mcpo-full.jpg

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t16/acosicris/art%20deco/poff.jpg



Far Eastern University Main Building

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t16/acosicris/art%20deco/FEU08.jpg

An old Parisian art deco apartment block in Saigon
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8363/8324671433_82c9aa4f6a_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tnkoh22/8324671433/)
DSC01785 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tnkoh22/8324671433/) by tnkoh22 (http://www.flickr.com/people/tnkoh22/), on Flickr

Another apartment block
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3252/5811990504_70ee6d325d_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/timlam18/5811990504/)
Ho Chi Minh City District 1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/timlam18/5811990504/) by timlam18 (http://www.flickr.com/people/timlam18/), on Flickr

The old icon of the Vietnam war, Rex Hotel
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3232/2979346982_1703f535c3_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/28342828@N07/2979346982/)
Rex Hotel - Ho Chi Minh City (http://www.flickr.com/photos/28342828@N07/2979346982/) by marcosborn (http://www.flickr.com/people/28342828@N07/), on Flickr

Other art deco buildings in Vietnam

La residence d'été du Bao Dai, the residence of Bao Dai, the last emperor of Vietnam in Dalat
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2455/3800364124_9f61f24e8f_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/natureboheme/3800364124/)
Palais du Bao Dai à Da Lat / Bao Dai Palace Da Lat / 1930 1935 / Residence Art-Deco – Modernisme du Dernier Empereur du Vietnam / Hauts Plateaux – Vietnam (Carnet de Voyage Vietnam / Vietnam Travel Book / Vietnam journey diary) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/natureboheme/3800364124/) by tamycoladelyves (http://www.flickr.com/people/natureboheme/), on Flickr

Pasteur institute, Dalat
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7174/6592339021_d03065eddb_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/53285473@N06/6592339021/)
Viện Pasteur Đà Lạt (http://www.flickr.com/photos/53285473@N06/6592339021/) by Chang Lee :) (http://www.flickr.com/people/53285473@N06/), on Flickr

La residence du Governeur, Hue
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8158/7187948972_b61c18c47c_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/loose_grip_99/7187948972/)
Huế Vietnam 4th May 2012 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/loose_grip_99/7187948972/) by loose_grip_99 (http://www.flickr.com/people/loose_grip_99/), on Flickr

Banque de l'Indochine, Hanoi
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5125/5201580502_f4460fb7c9_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/shuttermatik/5201580502/)
State Bank of Vietnam (http://www.flickr.com/photos/shuttermatik/5201580502/) by onefinesunday (http://www.flickr.com/people/shuttermatik/), on Flickr

An old art deco cinema
http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6118/6996876747_250c482d7f_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mosaicimages/6996876747/)
Hanoi Art Deco Cinema (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mosaicimages/6996876747/) by Mosaic Images (http://www.flickr.com/people/mosaicimages/), on Flickr

Phnom Penh

Central station
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3453/5831664231_4b83ffcff7_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/iprahin/5831664231/)
Phnom Penh Railway Station (http://www.flickr.com/photos/iprahin/5831664231/) by I Prahin | www.southeastasia-images.com (http://www.flickr.com/people/iprahin/), on Flickr

New Market
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8439/7794212780_3599ab0872_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/iprahin/7794212780/)
Egg-Yolk Yellow Deco | Phnom Penh Central Market (Psah Thmay) | Cambodia (http://www.flickr.com/photos/iprahin/7794212780/) by I Prahin | www.southeastasia-images.com (http://www.flickr.com/people/iprahin/), on Flickr

Bibliotheque Nationale de Cambodge, Phnom Penh
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8080/8319619827_17059c27e7_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pietro_f/8319619827/)
Phnom Penh, Cambodia (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pietro_f/8319619827/) by Pietro Ferreira (http://www.flickr.com/people/pietro_f/), on Flickr

Most of the stuff posted here are not Art Deco or anywhere close to Art Deco at all.

Most of the stuff posted here are not Art Deco or anywhere close to Art Deco at all.

Most? You see, the world is not only America and Art Deco is not only Chrysler.