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Architecture of USA

10 August 2010
1931 – American Stock Exchange, New York

1931 – American Stock Exchange, New York

Architect: Starrett & Van Vleck This Art Deco building is actually a 1930-31 reconstruction of an earlier Curb Exchange Building, with additional floors. The original building was also designed by Starrett & Van...

21 September 2009
1931 – Empire State Building, New York

1931 – Empire State Building, New York

Architect: Shreve, Lamb & Harmon Associates Designed by Shreve, Lamb and Harmon, the Empire State Building was finished in 1931. Since the World Trade Center was destroyed in the September 11, 2001 attacks,...

01 June 2010
1931 – Lensic Theater, Santa Fe, New Mexico

1931 – Lensic Theater, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Architect: Boller Brothers Designed by the Boller Brothers of Kansas City, the old Lensic Theater has been described as “the finest theater of its time in the Southwest”. They were asked to design...

17 August 2010
1932 – American International Building, New York

1932 – American International Building, New York

Architect: Clinton & Russell, Holton & George Completed in 1932 during the New York skyscraper race, which accounts for its gothic-like spire-topped appearance to gain height, a popular architectural device at that time....

29 May 2010
1932 – City and County Building, Denver

1932 – City and County Building, Denver

Designed in a Beaux-Arts Neoclassical style, the facade features two curved wings with engaged Ionic columns, a rusticated base of Cotopaxi granite, and a carillon clock tower topped with a golden eagle. A...

19 November 2009
1932 – Qwest Building, Minneapolis, Minnesota

1932 – Qwest Building, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Architects: Hewitt & Brown Designed by Rhodes Robertson of the Minneapolis firm of Hewitt & Brown, the Qwest Building is characteristic of American skyscraper design between the world wars, with subdued horizontal lines...

17 September 2009
1932 – St. Paul City Hall, Minnesota

1932 – St. Paul City Hall, Minnesota

Architect: Holabird & Root Built between 1930 and 1932 and designed by architects Holabird and Root of Chicago, and Ellerbe and Company of Saint Paul, the building is Art Deco in style. In...

29 May 2010
1932 – State Capitol, Lincoln, Nebraska

1932 – State Capitol, Lincoln, Nebraska

Architect: Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue The building was designed by Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue as a result of an architectural competition and constructed between 1922 and 1932. The Indiana limestone structure draws on both Classical...

06 August 2010
1933 – GE Building, New York

1933 – GE Building, New York

Architect: Raymond Hood The GE Building is an Art Deco skyscraper that forms the centerpiece of Rockefeller Center in midtown Manhattan. Known as the RCA Building until 1988, it is most famous for...