Cathay Theatre, Shanghai

The Cathay Theatre was designed by C H Gonda. It was built in 1931 in the French Concession area of Shanghai on a of a parcel of land owned by Victor Sassoon. Sassoon had built the Cathay Hotel (Peace Hotel) on the Bund several years earlier and saw the saw the French Concession as a place to expand his property interests in Shanghai.

Edifício Paysandú, Flamengo

This is the foyer area of the Edifício Paysandú, an apartment building in Flamengo. As you can see it is another beautifully maintained building in Rio.

Signs, The Centre Ivanhoe

One of my favourite features of the Centre Ivanhoe are the signs for the toilets.

The Centre Ivanhoe

This is the former City of Heidelberg Town Hall now The Centre Ivanhoe, a reception venue making the most of its 1937 Art Deco heritage.

Reference:
The Centre Ivanhoe website

Curls, Hoover Building, London

I love the curl decoration on the Hoover Building (Wallis, Gilbert and Partners, 1932) in Perivale, West London.

Broadway Mansions, Shanghai

This is one of the iconic images of Shanghai. Well I think so anyway but perhaps because it features a deco building I just noticed it everywhere. Then again there were squillions of people taking the same view. It shows the Waibaidu Bridge stretching across the Suzhou Creek with Broadway Mansions (Palmer & Turner, 1930) in the background.

It looks great at night too.

Kindergarten Gates, Shanghai

Looking at these pictures I find it hard to believe that this is Shanghai. It could be the leafy suburbs of Melbourne or any number of European cities.

Of course the sign gives it away as an Asian city. It indicates that the building, a modern garden residence from 1936, has been recognised as heritage architecture but is not actually protected.

Sunburst Gate, Ranfurly

Sunburst Gate, Ranfurly