Twelve stories of Art Deco geometry rise 160 feet at the 100 Park Avenue Building, once the Medical Arts Building and, in 1923, the tallest building in Oklahoma City. Look up: twelve stories rise above you, reaching a total of 160 feet (49 m). Designed by Solomon Andrew Layton and opened in 1923, this tower was the tallest building in Oklahoma City when it first welcomed visitors.
Its identity is wrapped in the Art Deco style, and that tells you exactly where to focus your attention. Art Deco emphasizes clean, geometric forms—spheres, polygons, rectangles, trapezoids—paired with zigzags, chevrons, and sunburst motifs often arranged in symmetrical patterns. Imagine how modern materials of the era—aluminum, stainless steel, Bakelite, chrome, and early plastics—would have been used to set off vivid, high-contrast colors and sharp details, the very language this building speaks.
Stand close and let the rhythm of repeated shapes guide your eye from the entrance upward, from one floor to the next. Notice the zigzags, chevrons, and sunburst motifs picked out in aluminum, chrome, and Bakelite, the era's boldest materials on display.