1925: Art Deco is Born:

Pomone Pavilion for Bon Marche (architect: Louis Hippolyte Boileau)

La Maitrise Pavilion (architects: Joseph Hiriart, Georges Tribout and Georges Beau)

Grand Palais. Salle d'Honneur, staircase (architect: Charles Letrosne)

One more shot of the Salle d'Honneur

Galerie des boutiques (architect: H. Sauvage)

Ruhlmann pavilion

Pavillon d'Est

Pavilion of the Manufacture nationale de Sèvres

Porte de la Concorde (architect: P. Patout)

Ceiling lamp in wrought iron with silver patina and electric light fitting in wrought iron (designer: Edgar Brandt)

Tympanum in the Ambassade Française by Raymond Delamarre

Metal door furniture by Rene Prou

Some foreign participants:

Belgian pavilion (architect: no other then Victor Horta, the pillar of Art Nouveau)

Italian pavilion (architect: Armando Brasini; we know him as the author of 1930s Mole Littoria project and soon will hear more about him)

British Government Pavilion (architects: Easton & Robertson)

British textile section with decorative frieze by R. Anning Bell

Czechoslovak pavilion (architect: J. Gočár, a leading Czech functionalist; here is a more interesting view of the building)

Pavilion of the Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Factory (architect: Helmeg-Møller)

Austrian pavilion, designed by Joseph Hoffman, a pillar of Secession (not that simple - just look here)

Dutch pavilion interior (architect / designer: H. Th. Wijdeveld)

Polish pavilion (architect: Joseph Czajkowski)

Sgraffito decoration in Polish Pavilion by Adalbert Jastrzebowski

Finally - Eiffel tower, illuminated:

And an award to those who scrolled this ‘nothing-to-see’ page to the bottom:

Exposition medal, designed by Pierre Turin

You’re welcome to browse through Flickr galleries I’ve made: One, Two, and visit photostreams of RUAMPS ©, Punkmemory and alanp_photo for more images.