Friday, June 3, 2011

Herschel Court, Sea Point

Herschel Court, Sea PointAt the moment I keep getting drawn back to the wonderful Art Deco apartment block in Sea Point, Cape Town.

This is Herschel Court (1938) showing the features you would expect of sun-drenched deco flats. Open balconies with concrete eyebrows providing shade and a white colour-scheme with aqua highlights and reddish window frames.

Herschel Court, Sea Point

Herschel Court also features two of these wonderful entrances.

Herschel Court, Sea Point

Reference:
Art Deco Architecture Cape Town Map, The Cape Art Deco Society, 2003
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2 comments:

  1. HelsJune 4, 2011 at 3:39 PM

    They do indeed look like sun-drenched deco flats, even when it is not at the height of summer. The colours are (were they always?) fresh and lovely. And the entrances are geometric and handsome.

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  2. David ThompsonJune 4, 2011 at 11:43 PM

    Colours, I can't help you with but I'm fairly sure those handsome entrances have always been handsome.

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