Tag: 100 Years
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Mumbai’s Art Deco Glory at 100
A Paris spark that changed the cityscape It started in Paris in 1925, when an exhibition introduced the world to Art Deco’s sleek lines, geometric forms, and lacquered glamour. The style quickly migrated to cities across the globe, but nowhere embraced its essence quite like Mumbai. As the city marks 100 years since that pivotal…
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Mumbai’s 100-Year Glitz: A Century of Art Deco in the City of Dreams
Introduction: A Parisian Spark, Mumbai’s Global Moment The year is 1925, and a landmark architecture exhibition in Paris becomes the catalyst for a global wave of style: Art Deco. A design language born from a mix of modernism, luxury, and bold geometry, it quickly found a second home across oceans in Mumbai, then Bombay. Over…