A Skyscraper in São Paulo

This shot captures my memories of the area around Rua Quinze de Novembro in São Paulo. I reckon the skyscraper is probably post-WWII but it still has something about it.

Club Biguá de Villa Biarritz, Montevideo

I can't remember what we saw first, the market or the modernist stadium. In any case we were close to our destination so it was worth getting off the bus and to have a stroll around the market stalls and take in the Club Biguá de Villa Biarritz.

Midget Apartments, Shanghai

Midget Apartments on Wukang Road in Shanghai date from 1931. They have been altered since then. The balconies on each side have been enclosed and a new door has been punched through the corner to serve the business located on the ground floor but these decorative panels have survived.

Reference:
Shanghai Art Deco, by Tess Johnson & Deke Erh.

Apartments, Shanghai

While some apartment buildings in Shanghai are not overtly Art Deco in style they sometimes have deco elements such as this concrete balcony and the entrance of this block.

Often they have a communal kitchen on the ground floor but I wonder how many have an Art Deco table like this one providing extra bench space.

119-121 Pine Avenue, Leeton

I see the rural NSW town of Leeton are billing themselves as "The Art Deco Capital of Australia". Perhaps that is taking it a bit far but they do host an Art Deco festival in 2011 and 2013 so I assume they'll do it again in 2015 and they do have some nice Art Deco buildings. Here's some details from 119-121 Pine Avenue.

1625 Avenida 18 de Julio, Montevideo

I think this is 1625 Avenida 18 de Julio in Montevideo. My notes are somewhat lacking in the exact detail but certainly the number next to this Art Deco door reads 1625.

Garages, Mount Victoria

A nice pair of Art Deco garages in the Wellington suburb of Mount Victoria.

Olympus Apartments, Oriental Bay

This is Olympus, an Art Deco apartment block in Oriental Bay.

The entrance is in the side street, away from the bay. I suspect this is a nice feature when Wellington's notorious winds are blowing straight off the sea.

Placing the doorway away from the seafront allows the views across the bay to be maximised.

King & Henry, Masterton

This looks like a striped-back spanish mission style. What do you reckon?

Shops, Pahiatua

Group of Art Deco shops in Pahiatua dating from 1936. Nice to see the flagpole, not only still there, but being used.

Okura Garden Hotel, Shanghai

The Okura Garden Hotel grew from the old French Club in Shanghai. It has some lovely interior deco features.

Shanghai Houses

A couple of houses in Shanghai

The Air Raid Tavern Centre, Moruya

Office, Eltham Palace, London

This is the office at Eltham Palace, the former royal palace where Henry VIII grew up converted and extended as a marvellous Art Deco house in the 1930s by Stephen & Virginia Courtauld.