Dorset House is a monumental block of Art Deco flats in Marylebone.
Dating from 1935, it was designed by T P Bennett and Joseph Emberton.
There are large reliefs on either side of the main entrance and the corner flats have large rounded balconies.
In Melbourne Art Deco, Robin Grow, President of the Art Deco & Modernism Society, examines the rise, fall and resurgence of Art Deco in Melbourne from the 1930s to the present day. With contemporary images by David Thompson and a team of photographers, supported by archival material, Melbourne Art Deco offers an invaluable insight into history and current state of one of the city's most popular styles.
Gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteIt sure is Amanda
ReplyDeleteExcellent David.
ReplyDeleteYour reference says the inclusion of Dorset House in The Modern Flat, by FRS Yorke and Frederick Gibberd in 1937, places the building in the context of the modernist period.. stylistic precursor to more famous residential blocks like Highpoint by Bertold Lubetkin, Pullman Court by Frederick Gibberd and Isokon Flats by Wells Coates.
Oh dear, more reading to get through. I don't know these architects, but they sound significant.
Thanks Helen.
ReplyDeleteThese flats are huge ... 10 storeys so they must have been established architects to get that scale of work.