Art Deco · Contemporary New Construction: Proportions Remain, Decoration Replaced by Materials

A newly built contemporary residential high-rise, translating Art Deco with today's materials: the massing retains the stepped setbacks and strong central symmetry, the facade is a continuous vertical rib of light-colored precast concrete, with dark metal window frames between the ribs; there are no reliefs or sunbursts, only an abstract fan shape composed of metal grilles on the top setback terrace. From a distance, it looks like Art Deco; up close, it is contemporary architecture. Avoid: copying stone carvings and metal crowns from a century ago, using plastic imitation antique components and bright gold, a facade of smooth glass curtain walls, or the building looking like a theme park replica.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一棟當代新建的住宅高樓,以今天的材料轉譯裝飾藝術:量體保留了階梯狀的退縮與強烈的中軸對稱,立面是淺色預鑄混凝土的連續垂直肋,肋之間是深色的金屬窗框;沒有任何浮雕與日芒,只在頂部的退縮露台以金屬格柵拼出一個抽象的扇形。遠看是裝飾藝術,近看是當代建築。避免:照抄百年前的石雕與金屬頂冠、使用塑膠仿古構件與亮金色、立面是平滑的玻璃帷幕、建築看起來像主題樂園的復刻。