The Difference from Art Nouveau Architecture: Machines Are Not Plants

Two building facades juxtaposed. The Art Nouveau building is from 1900: asymmetrical whiplash curves, cast-iron balconies entwined with vines, iris bas-reliefs, in moss green and ochre, as if grown from the earth. The Art Deco building is from 1930: perfectly symmetrical, vertical fasces, radiating sunbursts, and a stepped-back top, made of smooth stone and polished metal, like a machine or an airplane. One imitates nature, the other worships speed. Avoid: the Art Deco building having entwined plant curves, the Art Nouveau building having a stepped-back top, both buildings using the same color scheme, both buildings being asymmetrical.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

兩棟建築立面並置。新藝術那棟是一九〇〇年的:不對稱的鞭索曲線、藤蔓纏繞的鑄鐵陽台、鳶尾花浮雕,顏色是苔綠與赭,像從土裡長出來;裝飾藝術那棟是一九三〇年的:完全對稱、垂直的線束、放射的日芒、階梯退縮的頂部,材料是光滑的石材與亮面金屬,像一台機器或一架飛機。一個模仿自然,一個崇拜速度。避免:讓裝飾藝術那棟出現纏繞的植物曲線、讓新藝術那棟出現階梯退縮、兩棟使用相同的配色、兩棟都做成不對稱。