Author Archives: Randy Juster


Art Deco Separated at Birth #20 – The Ultimate Deco Door?

Up to now, my favorite door was one in Mexico City. But it’s facing stiff competition from a door in Montevideo. Feel free to vote, but if you’re like me, either one will do!

Who knew? Montevideo’s Extraordinary Art Deco

Last year’s Art Deco World Congress in Buenos Aires was followed by an optional post-congress trip to Montivideo. Having looked at the GoogleMap, I suspected Montevideo might be richer in Art Deco than Buenos Aires, and indeed it was. To … Read More

The Aero Industries Technical Institute

I love driving through the industrial areas. On a Saturday in 2011, while everybody was probably at the beach, I was following a railroad track up San Fernando Road in L.A. I came to a very unusual streamlined entrance. Inside … Read More

Still More Lawson Clock Discoveries

The job of a Lawson clock chronicler is never done. First, we have the solution to a mystery. Thirteen years ago, a clock turned up that might have been a Lawson, but it didn’t resemble any other Lawson, and it … Read More

Nothing Is Impossible-Buenos Aires Art Nouveau & Art Deco

By the end of the 19th century, a string of fortuitous events made Argentina one of the weathiest countries in the world. Agriculture, livestock, shipping and banking flourished. Wealthy Argentine ranchers and Europeans seeking a winter retreat moved to Buenos … Read More

The Gold Lawson & Other Lawson Clock Discoveries

Due to the economics of printing a specialized book like Moderne Time, I’m fairly certain there won’t be an updated “v.2” edition. The good news is that if you’d like a copy, 165 remain (as of Sept. 2020) and they’re … Read More

Francisco Salamone and the lost city of Epecuen

Recapping part one, Argentinian architect Francisco Salamone produced an astonishing 60+ buildings in the four-year period 1936-1940. As a devoted Salamoniac, upon my return to Buenos Aires, I rented a car, turned around, and headed back to the Argentine countryside … Read More

Francisco Salamone and The Modern Argentine Landscape

  The Unique World of Francisco Salamone – Part One The first part of this year’s World Congress on Art Deco was devoted to the works of obscure Argentinian architect Francisco Salamone. How obscure? Do an Internet search and Salamone … Read More