Craig would strive to beat it by making his building even taller, and vice versa. However, the infamous Art Deco stainless steel spire designed by William, which weighs 27 tons, increased the ...

Our Art Deco Centenary series rounds off where ... angular facade topped with a geometric iron and glass spire that illuminated the building at night and cast light down into its central hall ...

the building embodies the opulence and splendor of Art Deco architecture and design of the Jazz Age. It’s said that the building resembles a Champagne bottle due to its shape and gold spire, though ...

Van Alen’s 27-ton spire, secretly assembled ... the Chrysler Building encapsulated the giddy excess of its time—an Art Deco exclamation point to mark the end of an optimistic decade.