Editing Art Deco (section)

===="Cathedrals of Commerce"====
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File:Interior of Fisher Building, Detroit.JPG|The [[Fisher Building]] in [[Detroit]], Michigan, by [[Joseph Nathaniel French]] (1928)
File:Detroit December 2015 30 (Guardian Building).jpg|Lower lobby of the [[Guardian Building]] in Detroit by [[Wirt Rowland]] (1929)
File:450 Sutter St. lobby 2.JPG|Lobby of [[450 Sutter Street]] in [[San Francisco]], California, by [[Timothy Pflueger]] (1929)
File:Chrysler Building Lobby.jpg|Lobby of the [[Chrysler Building]] in [[New York City]], by [[William Van Alen]] (1930)
File:Chrysler building door detail crown.jpg|Interior door in the Chrysler Building (1930)
File:Chandelier, Carew Tower.jpg|Ceiling and chandelier detail on the lobby of the [[Carew Tower]] in [[Cincinnati]], Ohio, by [[Walter W. Ahlschlager]] (1930)
File:Haltusch.jpg|Foyer of the [[Tuschinski Theatre]] in [[Amsterdam]] by Hijman Louis de Jong (1921)
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The grand showcases of American Art Deco interior design were the lobbies of government buildings, theaters, and particularly office buildings. Interiors were extremely colorful and dynamic, combining sculpture, murals, and ornate geometric design in marble, glass, ceramics and stainless steel. An early example was the [[Fisher Building]] in Detroit, by [[Joseph Nathaniel French]]; the lobby was highly decorated with sculpture and ceramics. The [[Guardian Building]] (originally the Union Trust Building) in Detroit, by [[Wirt Rowland]] (1929), decorated with red and black marble and brightly colored ceramics, highlighted by highly polished steel elevator doors and counters. The sculptural decoration installed in the walls illustrated the virtues of industry and saving; the building was immediately termed the "Cathedral of Commerce". The Medical and Dental Building called [[450 Sutter Street]] in San Francisco by [[Timothy Pflueger]] was inspired by [[Maya civilization|Mayan]] architecture, in a highly stylized form; it used pyramid shapes, and the interior walls were covered with highly stylized rows of hieroglyphs.{{Sfn|Duncan|1988|pages=198–200}}

In France, the best example of an Art Deco interior during this period was the [[Palais de la Porte Dorée]] (1931) by [[Albert Laprade]], [[Léon Jaussely]] and [[Léon Bazin]]. The building (now the National Museum of Immigration, with an aquarium in the basement) was built for the [[Paris Colonial Exposition]] of 1931, to celebrate the people and products of French colonies. The exterior façade was entirely covered with sculpture, and the lobby created an Art Deco harmony with a wood parquet floor in a geometric pattern, a mural depicting the people of French colonies; and a harmonious composition of vertical doors and horizontal balconies.{{Sfn|Duncan|1988|pages=198–200}}