Art Deco is first and foremost a decorative style and only subordinately an architectural one. Its crisp, reduced to essential lines and motifs are inspired from the era of efficient mechanical production line industries that emerged after the Great War.
The Neo-Romanian style with its ornate and heavy, Byzantine inspired structure, has reached a dead end in terms of expression by the start of 1930s when new building materials and technology were widely available in Romania that make possible the design o
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The photograph above was taken last February and, as I write, the building is more advanced in its construction. The developer intends to preserve the outer shell of the historic building, putting up an entire new structure in its interior. The image is,
I am uncertain about the date of this unusual painting: it can be a restoration of an original 1900s decoration or the Art Nouveau style creation of a contemporary artist.  The house is a Little Paris building (Romania provincially interpreted
There is everything present in this house that constitute the hallmarks of the Neo-Romanian style: short Byzantine ornate columns, a citadel like aspect, arched Wallachian monastery like windows, etc. What I especially like is the Neo-Romanian style them
These examples of beautiful inter-war seaside villas were in general well maintained during the communist times as the regime used them for high ranking officials. Unfortunately now, 20 years since the fall of communism, many of these emblematic edifice
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The old postcard above is a general view of old Bucharest taken from a point near the base of Patriarchy Hill, with Doamnei Church as most prominent building in the background. It is signed by Hélène Robesco (from a local well known grand old family) an