1000 year old helical step well with 8 staircases twisting from 8 shrines, hidden for centuries, found in Maharashtra, India

City Palace, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

LM Ericsson Desk phone (Sweden, 1970s)

Penobscot Building, Detroit. - source Art Deco.

The Fisher Building, Detroit. - source Art Deco.

The decoration of the Guardian Building, Detroit, 1929, Art-Deco

Art Deco / Union Trust Co., (Guardian Building) Detroit, Mi (1929)

http://www.historicdetroit.org/building/guardian-building/

Goodness. That’s Art DECO.

WJR Radio Transmitter Building, ca.1934. Detroit, Michigan - designed by Cyril Schley .

The design by a Detroit architect who worked with C. Howard Crane exhibits all the hallmarks of the zigzag Art Deco style. The buildings jagged silhouette is stepped back to a central tower. Large rectangular brick piers create a symmetrical and balanced composition on all sides. Bays between the piers are filled with glass blocks.

The most striking feature is the use of colorful ceramic tile on the facade. Geometric patterns in red, yellow, green, and black surround the doors and windows. The letters WJR were written in metal and neon down the single-mast antenna tower, which rose 733 feet, higher than any structure in the state at the time.

The Guardian Building in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA

Originally called the Union Trust Building. It has 40 floors and serves as county headquarters.

Opened in March 1929.

Architect: Wirt C. Rowland

Photographs by Leandro Martins Photography. Used with permission.