Sunday, August 31, 2008

King's Hall, Belfast

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The main exhibition and concert hall in Belfast for a long time has been The King's Hall . It was built in the early 1930s for the Royal...
Saturday, August 30, 2008

Mayo Motor Inn, Tulsa

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This landmark parking garage in downtown Tulsa is a streamline beauty. Desgned by Leon B. Senter and Associates, the Mayo Motor Inn was bui...
Friday, August 29, 2008

Leading Lights, Port Melbourne

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Believe it or not, there are aspects of my lie that are not related to Art Deco. For one, I am a foundation member of the Port Melbourne His...
Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Shops & Apartments, Asmara

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This is an interesting building in Harnet Avenue, Asmara. A row of shops occupy the ground floor while the upper floors contain apartments a...
Monday, August 25, 2008

Simla House, Nairobi

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Simla House is a very sinple square building in Nairobi, Kenya. Even so it bears simple, elegant decoration. The name Simla House sits pr...
Sunday, August 24, 2008

Vel-Vet Mansions, Durban

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Perhaps the best part of this apartment building in Durban is the hyphen but that is a bit flippant. Why Vel-Vet rather than plain Velvet ...
Saturday, August 23, 2008

White House, Wanaka

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The White House restaurant is a wonderful art deco building in Wanaka on the scenic South Island of New Zealand. The building is a series of...
Friday, August 22, 2008

Former Empire Cinema, Muizenberg

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In 2003 when I visited the former Empire Cinema in Muizenberg, near Cape Town, it had been derelict for some time and was in a very bad stat...