Robert Bruegmann is distinguished professor emeritus of architecture, art history, and urban planning at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

“Stand aside, Radio City. Though New York was a center of 20th century Art Deco, the Second City held its own. ‘Art Deco Chicago: Designing Modern America’ (Chicago Art Deco Society, $75, 412 pp.), edited by Robert Bruegmann, accompanies a coming exhibition at the Chicago History Museum on Chicago’s hefty role in marketing the Depression-era movement. The 101 examples — including accordions, pedestrian overpasses and the Hostess Twinkie — demonstrate the appeal of jagged edges and racy curves.”—Jeremy Allen, New York Times“The book is, quite simply, fantastic. It’s a deep dive into not just the explosion in Art Deco architecture, but also its effects in fashion and industrial design. Some pages will leave you wistful for masterpieces that have been destroyed, while other hidden gems highlighted in it will have you adding them to your architecture bucket list.”—Daily Beast“A sumptuous volume” —David Brady, C20 Magazine“[A] well-timed and valuable contribution”—Timothy Brittain-Catlin, World of Interiors

Robert Bruegmann is distinguished professor emeritus of architecture, art history, and urban planning at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

“Stand aside, Radio City. Though New York was a center of 20th century Art Deco, the Second City held its own. ‘Art Deco Chicago: Designing Modern America’ (Chicago Art Deco Society, $75, 412 pp.), edited by Robert Bruegmann, accompanies a coming exhibition at the Chicago History Museum on Chicago’s hefty role in marketing the Depression-era movement. The 101 examples — including accordions, pedestrian overpasses and the Hostess Twinkie — demonstrate the appeal of jagged edges and racy curves.”—Jeremy Allen, New York Times“The book is, quite simply, fantastic. It’s a deep dive into not just the explosion in Art Deco architecture, but also its effects in fashion and industrial design. Some pages will leave you wistful for masterpieces that have been destroyed, while other hidden gems highlighted in it will have you adding them to your architecture bucket list.”—Daily Beast“A sumptuous volume” —David Brady, C20 Magazine“[A] well-timed and valuable contribution”—Timothy Brittain-Catlin, World of Interiors

Robert Bruegmann is distinguished professor emeritus of architecture, art history, and urban planning at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

“Stand aside, Radio City. Though New York was a center of 20th century Art Deco, the Second City held its own. ‘Art Deco Chicago: Designing Modern America’ (Chicago Art Deco Society, $75, 412 pp.), edited by Robert Bruegmann, accompanies a coming exhibition at the Chicago History Museum on Chicago’s hefty role in marketing the Depression-era movement. The 101 examples — including accordions, pedestrian overpasses and the Hostess Twinkie — demonstrate the appeal of jagged edges and racy curves.”—Jeremy Allen, New York Times“The book is, quite simply, fantastic. It’s a deep dive into not just the explosion in Art Deco architecture, but also its effects in fashion and industrial design. Some pages will leave you wistful for masterpieces that have been destroyed, while other hidden gems highlighted in it will have you adding them to your architecture bucket list.”—Daily Beast“A sumptuous volume” —David Brady, C20 Magazine“[A] well-timed and valuable contribution”—Timothy Brittain-Catlin, World of Interiors