Art Deco Apartments Chicago

Art Deco is an architectural style thats all about streamlined surfaces linear and geometric shapes symmetry and a dose of glamour.

Art deco apartments chicago. The Palmolive Building was renamed the Playboy Building in 1965 when Playboy Enterprises purchased the leasehold of the building. Both buildings originally overlooked the Chicago Beach Hotel and its grounds. This cooperative building is the most expensive residential high-rise on Chicagos south side per tenant.

About 154 W Schiller St Chicago IL 60610 Rare Old Town Art Deco - 1 Bed 2 Bath - Available 415. This Art Deco Apartment In Chicago Is All About Personal Style. Casa Art Deco Art Deco Stil Modern Art Deco Art Deco House Art Deco Room Decor Room Bedroom Decor Art Deco Bathroom Bathroom Lighting.

A Century of Lakefront Luxury. View a detailed profile of the structure 117111 including further data and descriptions in the Emporis database. It was named for developer Max Malters wife Belle.

Built in 1929 as an apartment hotel it was designed by Nathaniel Koenigsberg and Leon Weisfeld who were influenced by the Egyptian Art-Deco movement King Tuts tomb had been discovered only a few years before. An art deco landmark inside and out the limestone-faced Powhatan bears the influence of Eliel Saarinens second place entry in the Chicago Tribune Tower Competition just a few years earlier as well as the design ideals of Charles L. Another tower with a similar art deco façade the Narragansett Apartments was built directly to the west.

Michigan Avenue in ChicagoBuilt by Holabird Root it was completed in 1929 and was home to the Colgate-Palmolive-Peet corporation. The eight-story Belle Shore Apartments is located at 1062 W. However most people simply associate the style with its metropolis exemplars skyscrapers of New York apartment blocks in Miami buildings throughout Chicago.

The exterior of the luxury-apartment highrise reflects Eliel Saarinens second place design for the Tribune Tower competition of 1922. The 1 bedroom floor to ceiling wood with a fireplace in the bedroom. Article by ELLE DECOR.