The Difference from Art Deco Architecture: Vines Are Not Stairs

Two building facades juxtaposed. The Art Deco building is from the 1930s: vertical lines, stepped-back top, radial sunbursts, and symmetrical geometric patterns, with smooth stone and polished metal materials. The Art Nouveau building is from 1900: asymmetrical whiplash curves, ironwork entwined with vines, and bas-reliefs of flowers and dragonflies, in colors of moss green, ochre, and off-white. One resembles a machine, the other a plant. Avoid: the Art Nouveau building having stepped setbacks and radial patterns, the Art Deco building having entwined vines, both buildings using the same color scheme, both buildings being perfectly symmetrical.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

兩棟建築立面並置。裝飾藝術那棟是一九三〇年代的:垂直的線條、階梯狀退縮的頂部、放射狀的日芒與對稱的幾何圖案,材料是光滑的石材與亮面金屬;新藝術那棟是一九〇〇年的:不對稱的鞭索曲線、藤蔓纏繞的鐵件、花與蜻蜓的浮雕,顏色是苔綠、赭與乳白。一個像機器,一個像植物。避免:讓新藝術那棟出現階梯退縮與放射圖案、讓裝飾藝術那棟出現纏繞的藤蔓、兩棟使用相同的配色、兩棟都做成完全對稱。