The Difference Between Streamlined Modern and: One Up, One Forward

Two 1930s buildings juxtaposed. The Art Deco building emphasizes verticality: vertical stone ribs extend upwards, the top recedes in layers to form a pointed crown, and the decorations are sunbursts and chevron patterns. The Streamline Moderne building emphasizes horizontality: rounded volumes of white stucco, three parallel horizontal fine lines encircling the facade, curved corner glass and porthole windows, almost no decoration, like an ocean liner. From the same era, one reaches upwards, the other extends forwards. Avoid: the Art Deco building having horizontal bands and rounded corners, the Streamline Moderne building having vertical ribs and pointed crowns, both buildings using the same materials, the difference between them relying only on color.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

兩棟一九三〇年代建築並置。裝飾藝術那棟強調垂直:石材的直肋一路向上、頂部層層退縮收成尖冠、裝飾是日芒與雪佛龍紋;流線摩登那棟強調水平:白色灰泥的圓角量體、三條平行的水平細線環繞立面、弧形的轉角玻璃與舷窗,幾乎沒有裝飾,像一艘遠洋郵輪。同一個年代,一個向上,一個向前。避免:讓裝飾藝術那棟出現水平帶與圓角、讓流線摩登那棟出現垂直肋與尖冠、兩棟使用相同的材料、兩者的差異只靠顏色。