Anne-apolis

  In past eras, ceilings were often more elaborate than any of the other surfaces of a room, whether embellished with decorative plasterwork or fine paintings.  Sometimes, the structure of the building would be expressed in the ceiling, such as a gothic cathedral, where the complex curved structure was visible from below, accentuated by the ribbing, which also played an important structural function, similar to the veins on leaves. This attention to the ceiling persisted well into the twentieth century, with pressed metal ceilings imitating the fine craftsmanship of the past. Pressed metal ceiling in a 1930s domestic quarters In the apartment block where I live, built in 1932, modernism was just taking a hold in the more progressive architectural practices. This building is in a very stripped Art Deco style, often called "streamline moderne", a much more flexible interpretation of the Modern Movement with its dedication to "form follows function" and a complete abse...