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STREAMLINE MODERNE DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE IN FALLOUT 4

Paquebot buildings, streamline moderne furniture and airstream vehicles in an open-world game about the post-apocalyptic life after the nuclear war Fallout 4 is an action role-playing video game developed by Bethesda Game Studios. Released worldwide on November 10, 2015, it is the fifth major installment in the Fallout series. The game is set within an open world post-apocalyptic environment that encompasses the city of Boston and the surrounding Massachusetts region known as "The Commonwealth". The main story takes place in the year 2287, ten years after the events of Fallout 3 and 210 years after "The Great War", which caused catastrophic nuclear devastation across the United States.  An element of the game which I like a lot is the presence of the streamline design, or paquebot design, of some buildings, of the furniture and the cars. I tried to select some beautiful examples of this kind of architecture and design and I found some great stuff.  ...

BIOSHOCK: ART DECO DESIGNED LEVELS

Rapture City is a very rich art déco urban organism built by idealists and tied by a huge system of structures. Atlantic Express Company is the city metro which connect all the levels. Every station is an important place of the city which is called a ”level”. I want to show you the most important levels from the art déco perspective. Ryan Amusements “…Ryan thought my vision was immature… "antiquated," he said. This place could have been something magical, but instead he turned it into a school… no, a cathedral. Dedicated to himself.”                                 ― Carlson Fiddle Ryan Amusements was a theme park built by Carlson Fiddle, intended to teach Andrew Ryan's philosophy to the youth of Rapture. Ryan realized after completion of the city that children, whether they immigrated to or were born in the city, might someday wish to leave Rapture seeking the surface world. Seeing t...

MAYAN REVIVAL ART DECO OF DETROIT

The Guardian Building is a landmark skyscraper in the United States, located in Downtown Detroit, Michigan, within the Financial District. Built in 1928 and finished in 1929, the building was originally called the Union Trust Building and is a bold example of Art Deco architecture, including art moderne designs with a very strong influence of the Mayan architecture.  It was designated a National Historic Landmark on June 29, 1989, and the associated Detroit Financial District is on the National Register of Historic Places. The Guardian building includes retail and a tourist gift shop. The exterior of the building has a granite base with carvings by Corrado Parducci, with multistory windows surrounded by tile. Rising beyond the base is the orange brick facade, with portions setback to reveal a north and south tower connected to create an I shape. Elegant detail is seen throughout the facade and large amounts visible on the north tower crown. The interior, however...