"Drewan Court" Streamline Moderne Art Deco Flats - Lyons Street, Ballarat
Although not famous for its Art Deco architecture, the provincial Victorian city of Ballarat, which was established between the 1860s and 1880s when the area was at the centre of a gold rush, does have some fine examples of interwar and post war architecture when the gold boom was replaced with wealth generated through grazing and agriculture.
"Drewan Court" is a wonderful set of Streamline Moderne red and brown brick flats built on the front of an old Gothic Victorian mansion in Lyons Street. With rounded balconies and Functonalist windowframes, "Drewan Court" achieve the refreshingly sleek style that was popular in the mid to late 1930s.
Unlike many Art Deco buildings which focussed on angular detail, Streamline Moderne buildings often placed emphasis on rounded edges, as though they were standing up against a great wind. The rounded concrete rendered windows are prime examples of such architectural features. Aside from these and a small amount of feature brickwork, the detail on these flats is minimal.
"Drewan Court" Streamline Moderne Art Deco Flats - Lyons Street, Ballarat
Although not famous for its Art Deco architecture, the provincial Victorian city of Ballarat, which was established between the 1860s and 1880s when the area was at the centre of a gold rush, does have some fine examples of interwar and post war architecture when the gold boom was replaced with wealth generated through grazing and agriculture.
"Drewan Court" is a wonderful set of Streamline Moderne red and brown brick flats built on the front of an old Gothic Victorian mansion in Lyons Street. With rounded balconies and Functonalist windowframes, "Drewan Court" achieve the refreshingly sleek style that was popular in the mid to late 1930s.
Unlike many Art Deco buildings which focussed on angular detail, Streamline Moderne buildings often placed emphasis on rounded edges, as though they were standing up against a great wind. The rounded concrete rendered windows are prime examples of such architectural features. Aside from these and a small amount of feature brickwork, the detail on these flats is minimal.