Sale Technical School

This is the Sale Technical School as it is today but back on 11th Feb 1944 when the Minister of Public Instruction, Mr T T Hollway MLA, visited Sale with Mr W O Fulton MLA, the Director of Education Mr A Seitz and the Chief Government Architect, Mr P Everett to lay the foundation stone, it was the Girls' Technical School.

References:
SALE TECHNICAL SCHOOL. (1944, February 7). Gippsland Times (Vic. : 1861 - 1954), p. 1. Retrieved December 12, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64166688

Igreja de São Francisco de Assis, Pampulha

Oscar Niemeyer designed this little Modernist church in 1943, A Igreja de São Francisco de Assis, on the shores of a man-made lake in Pampulha, a suburb of Belo Horizonte. Niemeyer designed a number of other buildings in Pampulha and it was a forerunner for his designs in Brasilia.

The distinctive blue tiles were created by artist Candido Portinari.

Reference:
Igreja São Francisco de Assis, AgendaBH.com.br

Edificio Copan, São Paulo

Another modernist building by Oscar Niemeyer (1907-2012), Edificio Copan in São Paulo. According to Niemeyer's own site, he designed the building 1951 however construction did not commence for several years and was finally completed in 1966.

I particularly liked the spiral staircase at the rear which you don't often see in photos.

References:
Oscar Niemeyer Website
Edificio Copan Website
Edificio Copan, Emporis.com

Brasilia Cathedral

Brazil's master Modernist architect, Oscar Niemeyer, died on Wednesday in Rio de Janeiro aged 104. Niemeyer designed buildings in many Brazilian cities but he will probably be remembered the most for the buildings he designed for Brazil's capital, Brasilia during the 1950s & 60s.

The building above is the Brasilia Cathedral. The cornerstone was laid on 12th September 1958 and the cathedral was dedicated on 31st May 1970. It is one of the most extraordinary buildings I have ever visited. The combinations of blues and greens in the glass walls are mesmerising.

And the white struts keep drawing your eye to the crown in the centre of the space

and the three angels by Alfredo Ceschiatti, with the help of Dante Croce.

Reference:
Brasilia Cathedral, About Brasilia

Bunyip Cemetery

I love to stop and have a look at the deco graves in country cemeteries. Today I had a wander around Bunyip cemetery. I am astounded by how long the basic concrete deco designs were used.

This double grave is for Jane Alice Burleigh (d 17 Nov 1937) and Edwin Albert Brooking (d 29 Jul 1937).

It isn't all that much different from Edward Matthew McTighe (d 9 May 1972) and Winifred Coral McTighe (d 5 Oct 1977).

Or the one behind that for William Carey (d 23 Aug 1935) and Margaret Carey (d 5 Aug 1954).

Pub, Sale

This pub is in Sale, in eastern Victoria. It has this large streamline balcony/verandah but when you look at the side view you can see that it's been added onto a Victoria pub.

I had a look in through the windows and it is currently stripped of any internal features so from Victorian to Deco to (hopefully) its next incarnation.

Old Bank of China Building, Hong Kong

For a number of reasons I didn't photograph too many Art Deco buildings in Hong Kong. This is the best of them, the Old Bank of China building. I took this from the top deck of one of the wonderful old double decker trams that still run on Hong Kong Island. As you can see, what was probably one of the tallest buildings in Hong Kong is now dominated by the modern building behind it.

Apartments, Shanghai

Apartments, Shanghai