former Regent Theatre, Deniliquin

The Regent Theatre in Deniliquin probably wasn't that flashy when it opened in 1956 and there is no way that is going to change with the current tenants, the Deni Baptist Church. But even on that simple façade there is the hint of deco with the 'rule of three' employed for the placement of the square windows and the small vents below.

References:
Deniliquin and District Historical Society Facebook page

Bulolo Flats, Fortitude Valley

Bulolo Flats in Brisbane's Fortitude Valley were named after the Bulolo Goldfields in Papua New Guinea. Designed by architects Hennessy & Hennessy they were built in 1934 as residential flats for single young women who worked at the department store of building owner T C Beirne.

References:
Brisbane Art Deco, Edited by Kimberley Wilson - Bulolo Flats by Amelia Lacey

419 Lygon Street, Brunswick

This building at 419 Lygon Street, Brunswick, a former house or more likely flats, now houses a legal firm.

Cairo Flats, Fitzroy

Today I was able to tour the block of flats known as Cairo on Nicholson Street, Fitzroy as part of Open House Melbourne.

Designed by Best Overend the flats were constructed in 1936 in a U shaped around a large communal garden.

The block consists of 20 bed-sits and eight one bedroom units. The spaces are small with some built-in furniture however the complex originally included a communal dining room, an in-house meal service and a laundry service. The serving hatches placed at floor level outside each kitchenette are still in place.

Overend worked with Wells Coates in London and Cairo follows many of the principals employed in Coates' Lawn Road flats in Hampstead which had been completed two years earlier. The concept was to provide minimal bachelor flats at affordable prices.

We were able to visit one of the ground-floor bed-sits which had been recently renovated in keeping with those original design principles. The ground-floor flats each have a private garden. The units on the southern arm of the block face the internal communal garden which adds to the airy feeling of those units.

The first floor flats have access to the roof via concrete stairways including a most extraordinary cantilevered spiral at the centre of the black forming the bottom of the U.

And it provides a lovely view of the city oasis at Cairo.

Natatorium, Jiangwan Sports Complex, Shanghai

This is the amazing entrance to the natatorium at the Jiangwan Sports Complex.

The decorative arch is repeated inside and at the nearby Municipal stadium. Below is a closer view of the natatorium entrance showing the detail, not only in the arch, but also in the metal doorway.

Gladstone House, Adelaide

8 Newbury Street, Boston

Quattro Auto Body Inc, Bethesda

Found this lovely decoration on Quattro Auto Body Inc in Elm Street, Bethesda, MD.

The Dollar City, Te Awamutu

It was raining when we were driving through Te Awamutu but I wish I'd noticed the doors of The Dollar City I would have crossed the road and got a bit wetter to check them out.

Thompson Bros Building, Te Awamutu

Thompson Bros Building from 1937 in Te Awamutu, New Zealand.

Estádio da Gávea, Flamengo

This is the Estádio José Bastos Padilha, nominally the home of the Flamengo Football Club, also known as the Estádio da Gávea. Flamengo play their home matches at the much larger Estádio do Maracanã leaving the 1938 Estádio da Gávea as their training ground.

Electricity Supply Depot, Wagga Wagga

A Modernist Building in Ibirapuera Park, São Paulo

Apartments, Brooklyn

former Post Office, Devonport

1938 former Post Office in Devonport, NZ.

Apartments, Washington DC

former Highlandtown Middle School, Baltimore

This is the former Highland Middle School in Baltimore, Maryland.

Constructed in 1933 it was designed by architects Wyatt and Nolting and started life as the Patterson Park Junior High School.

Now, redeveloped as apartments, the building retains some of it's deco-era fittings including the light fixtures in the auditorium and a WPA mural. I'll didn't get inside so I'll have to go back to Bawlmer someday for a closer look.

Reference: 101 Ellwood - Modern Apartments & Lofts

A House in Culcairn

After a couple of spectacular Art Deco houses in Perth, here's a more modest example in the rural NSW then of Culcairn.

Another House in Perth

This house is next door to the one I posted on Wednesday (http://artdecobuildings.blogspot.com.au/2015/06/a-house-in-perth.html) which I now know is in Jutland Parade, Dalkeith.

A House in Perth

Zena Court, Mount Victoria

This is Zena Court at 11 Dufferin Street, Mt Victoria in Wellington just across the road from the Basin Reserve.