Tell-tale art deco architectural detail on a building in Napier, New Zealand. Tell-tale art deco wave motif on a building in Napier, New Zealand. A Packard Six car sits outside Napier, New Zealand ...

Reporting from Napier, New Zealand — At 10:47 a.m. on Feb. 3, 1931, an earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale shook the town of Napier, onNew Zealand’sNorth Island, killing 161 people ...

Angelina Lippert, Poster House’s chief curator and director of content, described the show as “the first global history of Art Deco posters hosted at a museum.” ...

Say “New Zealand” and what usually springs to mind? Lord of the Rings scenery, Maori culture, intense wines, remote luxury lodges, those pesky All Blacks… But not Art Deco. This zestful ...

Regarded as one of New Zealand’s finest examples of art deco architecture, Kerridge House, 75 The Esplanade, is now on the market. The Category 1 historic home was built for Sir Robert Kerridge ...

The massive earthquake of 1931 killed hundreds in the Hawke's Bay region, but out of the destruction was born an architectural heritage that attracts devotees from around the world.

Two houses that both have their original Art Deco-era sleek curves and streamline details intact sold on the same day on the Far Northwest Side of the city. One, built on Ponchartrain Boulevard in ...

Interior design expert, Alessandra Wood, explains why Art Deco is here to stay.

Tastemaker Athena Calderone cites the 1920s artistic movement of Art Deco as a major design influence—and she’s not alone.

Photo by Photo courtesy of the Art Deco Trust Napier’s population was only about 16,000 at the time, but 6,000 people came to the city to help with the reconstruction process.

Built in 1931 for the Colonial Exhibition, the Palais de la Porte Dorée is an Art Deco masterpiece in Paris. It now houses two museums.

After a deadly 1931 quake, the North Island town rebuilt itself in the then-modern style. Today, fans of the curvy, free-flowing style flock to the city to revel in all things Art Deco.