New Zealand town is a monument to Art Deco pastMargaret Borden
Category: Art Deco Just Listed! January through June 2024 July 10, 2024 / jthornton / 0 Comments Join us in celebrating the Pennsylvania’s latest additions to the National Register of Historic Places! The PA-SHPO extends our congratulations and heartfelt thanks to all those who worked so ...
Art Deco Chicago: Designing Modern America, distributed for the Chicago Art Deco Society by Yale University Press, provides an occasion for examining the city’s art deco history. Through five scholarly essays and 101 notable objects and buildings,Art Deco Chicagoreevaluates art deco’s and Chicag...
New Zealand is a young country when it comes to human settlement, but our story is rich and there are plenty of spots for history buffs to enjoy. Historic Māori pā sites, early settler cottages, grand 19th century mansions, an Art Deco city and New Zealand’s only castle all wait to...
The architecture firm Starrett & van Vleck saw the “real potentialities of our crowded lives” when they designed a new Art Deco skyscraper to house the Downtown Athletic Club. Writing in Lost City News, Mary Hohlt cites the architect Rem Koolhaas, who sees the Downtown Athletic Club as “...
The 731-741 South Pacific Avenue Building in San Pedro, CA was constructed in 1930 in the classic Art Deco Style, as a Montgomery Ward Department Store. The building has been completely renovated and all mechanical aspects are new. Both buildings are located in the heart of the San Pedro ...
and the new european arrivals that continues to shape newzealand life today. in auckland, grand old homes showcase the finer side of colonial life. napier's stunning art deco architecture captures the glamour and style of the 1930s, while wellington is home to the old government buildings, ...
For this final Decopix post on Detroit’s Art Deco, we’ll go all over town, and a bit outside. We left off atDiego Rivera’s Detroit Industry muralsat theDetroit Institute of Arts. Just across the street is theHorace H. Rackham Educational Memorial Building. A long name, but the bui...
(with a chance to walk around), but also the 1930s earthquake that resulted in the building of an Art Deco town. We were also able to visit a winery (and sample local wines), view some beautiful sites (both coastal and inland), and ...
He then dragged us ar5ound a rather tatty town centre where there are supposed to be fine art-deco buildings. As we had just come from Wellington, where we saw some brilliant art deco buildings, Napier was very much second best. With hindsight, we shou...