I don't know a lot about Elizabeth House in Adelaide but I suspect it dates from the 1950s and is more Modernist than Art Deco but then I have always maintained that I subscribe to the broadest possible definition of Art Deco that lets me include all manner of 20th Century buildings in this blog that more scholarly types would exclude.
I just love the windows.
Yep certainly looks like this building was designed in the 1950s post war style. I like to call this period "transitional" as there are many elements of Art Deco styling, but also "post-deco" styling as well. In the end though it's all Modernist (Art Deco is a form of Modernist expression) and it's all fascinating - this building is great, love the symmetry, and angled windows.
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