flowing movement, while Art Deco will always employ some vertical elements, be it windows, fins or other details at the entrance or at the apex of proeminent volumes etc. Art Moderne, on the other hand, bears a slight resemblance to the International Style.

Art Moderne buildings are usually monochromatic. They may use curved glass surfaces, for which glass blocks are well suited. Some Moderne buildings have simple steel pipe railings - an element borrowed from contemporary ship design -, curved