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I think art deco is one of my favorites. It still has a clean, modern look that ages surprisingly well, even a century later.

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[โ€“] hansolo@lemmy.today 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Second Art Nouveau. Art Deco is nice, but I think over played as a throwback.

Also a fan of a neoclassical Italianate style. Square columns, low flat roofs, towers and tall thin windows. It can vary, but when done in a clean and simple style, it's very nice IMO.

The full swathe from Art Nouveau/Jugendstil through Art Deco/Moderne and Bauhaus functionalism through to 1950s modernism. If I had to be more specific, Iโ€™d focus on British interwar modernism.

[โ€“] 2ugly2live@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Art Nouveau. It looks so whimsical. I'd also like a Gothic/Gothic Revival.

[โ€“] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Cubism. Just to convince people it's not about designing things any 5yo can build in Minecraft.

[โ€“] Denvil@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Hey I love Union Terminal! Great museum. And you're right, the building is beautiful. The massive mural in the entrance area is my favorite piece of any building I know of.

[โ€“] derrickoswald@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There's some good Art Deco in Guillermo del Toro's Nightmare Alley

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[โ€“] Xanxia@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 day ago

Iโ€™d like for Baroque furniture to come back. Hella sturdy.

[โ€“] Darleys_Brew@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 day ago

Generally speaking, art deco, for houses specifically, Georgian.

[โ€“] lnxtx@feddit.nl 5 points 1 day ago

19th century german architecture + red brick Gothic.

[โ€“] rabber@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

Check out art deco metal band Imperial Triumphant

[โ€“] FriedRice@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)
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Art deco rules so much

Something that doesn't look or feel like it was made at a factory

[โ€“] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Likewise, it's beautiful, so elegant.

[โ€“] Eheran@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Anything that is not a square shaped shit brick like so much of the past 50 years.

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