Adorned with plaster panels molded with typical Art Deco motifs, the Georgian Hotel was built in 1931 by architect M. Eugene Durfee, who did most of his work in Orange County.

Dark side of Art Deco. Giles Worsley finds unsettling architectural associations with Nazism. Giles Worsley 26 March 2003 • 12:01am . Glamour: the foyer of the Strand Palace Hotel in the 1930s.

Art Deco color palettes are not subtle — and that’s what makes them all the more exciting (even a century after the style first emerged) as a contrast to minimal and restrained palettes often seen in ...