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The Hawkes Bay Club is a very private entity reserved for the enjoyment of members and invited guests.
The Club House is a Heritage Listed Building, category 1, which has existed through two world wars, the great depression, the Napier earthquake, and many other momentous events in N.Z.
Although all the rooms of the Rone - Empire installation exhibition are amazing for many different reasons, there are two major standouts. The Dining Room is one. As a well proportioned and elegant space, it runs over half of the original Burnham Beeches floor plan. It features two long tables covered in a Miss Havisham like feast of a trove of found dinner table objects from silverware and glassware to empty oyster shells and vases of grasses and feathers.
The Dining Room installation I personally found especially confronting. In 1982, I visited Burnham Beeches when it was a smart and select hotel and had Devonshire tea in the dining room at a table alongside the full length windows overlooking the terraces below. I was shocked to see a room I remember appointed with thick carpets and tables covered in gleaming silver and white napery, strewn with dust and leaves, and adorned with Miss Havisham's feast of found dining objects.
Melbourne based street artist Rone (Tyrone Wright) used the decaying glory of the 1933 Harry Norris designed Streamline Moderne mansion, Burnham Beeches in the Dandenong Ranges' Sherbrooke, between March the 6th and April 22nd to create an immersive hybrid art space for his latest installation exhibition; "Empire".
"Empire" combined a mixture of many different elements including art, sound, light, scent, found objects, botanic designs, objects from nature and music especially composed for the project by Nick Batterham. The Burnham Beeches project re-imagines and re-interprets the spirit of one of Victoria’s landmark mansions, seldom seen by the public and not accessed since the mid 1980s. According to Rone - Empire website; "viewers are invited to consider what remains - the unseen cultural, social, artistic and spiritual heritage which produces intangible meaning."
Rone was invited by the current owner of Burnham Beeches, restaurateur Shannon Bennett, to exhibit "Empire" during a six week interim period before renovations commence to convert the heritage listed mansion into a select six star hotel.
Rone initially imagined the mansion to be in a state of dereliction, but found instead that it was a stripped back blank canvas for him to create his own version of how he thought it should look. Therefore, almost all the decay is in fact of Rone's creation from grasses in the Games Room which 'grow' next to a rotting billiards table, to the damp patches, water staining and smoke damage on the ceilings. Nests of leaves fill some spaces, whilst tree branches and in one case an entire avenue of boughs sprout from walls and ceilings. Especially designed Art Deco wallpaper created in Rone's studio has been installed on the walls before being distressed and damaged. The rooms have been adorned with furnishings and objects that might once have graced the twelve original rooms of Burnham Beeches: bulbulous club sofas, half round Art Deco tables, tarnished silverware and their canteen, mirrored smoke stands of chrome and Bakelite, glass lamps, English dinner services, a glass drinks trolley, photos of people long forgotten in time, walnut veneer dressing tables reflecting the installation sometimes in triplicate, old wire beadsteads, luggage, shelves of books, an Underwood typewriter, a John Broadwood and Sons of London grand piano and even a Kriesler radiogramme. All these objects were then covered in a thick sheet or light sprinkling of 'dust' made of many different things including coffee grinds and talcum powder, creating a sensation for the senses. Burnham Beeches resonated with a ghostly sense of its former grandeur, with a whiff of bittersweet romance.
Throughout the twelve rooms, magnificent and beautifully haunting floor-to-ceiling and wall-to-wall portraits of Australian actress Lily Sullivan, star of the Foxtel re-make of Picnic at Hanging Rock, appear. Larger than life, each portrait is created in different colours, helping to create seasonal shifts as you move from room to room.
Although all the rooms are amazing for many different reasons, there are two major standouts. The Dining Room is one. The Study is the other. It features walls of books covered with a portrait of Lily Sullivan, and the entire room is partially submerged in a lake of black water with the occasional red oak leaf floating across its glassy surface.
I feel very honoured and privileged to be amongst the far too few people fortunate enough to have seen Rone's "Empire", as like the seasons, it is ephemeral, and it will already have been dismantled. Rone's idea is that, like his street art, things he creates don't last forever, and that made the project exciting. I hope that my photographs do justice to, and adequately share as much as is possible of this amazing installation with you.
The Pythian Temple
architect: Thomas W. Lamb, 1927
architectural style: Art Deco, Egyptian & Assyrian Revival Temple
Built as the Headquarters of the 120 Pythian lodges of New York City.
Converted to residential use by architect David Gura in 1986.
Manhattan, Upper West Side
Lincoln Square neighborhood
135 West 70th Street
New York City, NY
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Taking advantage of some great clouds and fair weather after a winter storm. This is my favorite building in my neighborhood, and I really wanted to highlight the facade on this take. The tough part about this shot was mitigating micro snow pellets coming off everything above me in the wind and landing on my filters. I blew them off the best I could with a rocket blower while the image was exposing, and then cleaned with a brush and lens cloth in between exposures.
Canon 6d
16-35 2.8L II at 25mm
LEE Big Stopper (3.0ND)
LEE 100mm Circular Polarizer
ISO100, 75 sec
On an overcast mid-December day, I captured this view of the Meuse River, featuring the elegant La Belle Liégeoise pedestrian bridge, which connects Parc de la Boverie to the opposite bank, leading toward the Liège-Guillemins station. In the background, the sleek Tour Paradis rises above the scene, offering a modern contrast to the art deco apartment block in front of it - Liège, Belgium
Omaha Union Station (1931) was one of the first Art Deco train stations in the United States. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971, the Station was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2016 (the designation noted that the Station "is one of the most distinctive and complete examples of Art Deco architecture in the nation. . . [and] outstandingly expresses the style’s innovative and diverse surface ornamentation inspired by the machine age.") See here for more on the station's architecture and history.
Omaha Union Station closed for rail service in the 1970s when a new Amtrak station opened nearby. The Station now houses the Durham Museum. As noted on the museum's website, the Durham showcases everything from "permanent exhibits highlighting the history of Omaha and its surrounding regions, to impressive traveling exhibitions from our national partners such as the Smithsonian Institution, the National Archives, the Library of Congress and the Field Museum."
Ceiling detail in the west hall of Omaha Union Station (now the Durham Museum).
Omaha Union Station (1931) was one of the first Art Deco train stations in the United States. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971, the Station was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2016 (the designation noted that the Station "is one of the most distinctive and complete examples of Art Deco architecture in the nation. . . [and] outstandingly expresses the style’s innovative and diverse surface ornamentation inspired by the machine age.") See here for more on the station's architecture and history.
Omaha Union Station closed for rail service in the 1970s when a new Amtrak station opened nearby. The Station now houses the Durham Museum. As noted on the museum's website, the Durham showcases everything from "permanent exhibits highlighting the history of Omaha and its surrounding regions, to impressive traveling exhibitions from our national partners such as the Smithsonian Institution, the National Archives, the Library of Congress and the Field Museum."
Built 1928 Architects - Sparling, Martin and Forbes .... in Art Deco style .... This site formerly housed the Loblaws Groceterias warehouse. Today, the location houses a Loblaws grocery store, retail stores, office and residential space at the Lakeshore and Bathurst area in Toronto ....
The west end of Great Western Road in Glasgow, beside the elegant art deco Kelvin Court always looks great at this time of year 😀🌸 #summer #summervibes #daffodil #daffodils🌼 #daffodils #cherryblossomseason #cherryblossom #cherryblossom🌸 #kelvincourtglasgow #artdeco #artdecostyle #artdecoarchitecture #glasgowarchitecture #scottisharchitecture #glasgow #westendglasgow #glasgowwestend #insta_glasgow #glasgowphotography #glasgowphotographer
One of a series of photos taken in my home town of Penarth during the Blue Hour. This is the Art Deco building that once housed the town's main post office
Rising proudly in the heart of Old Havana, the Bacardi Building is a jewel of Art Deco elegance and one of Cuba’s most iconic landmarks. Completed in 1930 as the headquarters of the Bacardi Rum Company, its bold geometric lines, rich marble and granite interiors, and colorful terra-cotta façade made it a symbol of modern ambition in the Caribbean. Crowned by the famous bronze bat—the company’s emblem—it once stood as the tallest building in Havana and remains a striking reminder of the city’s golden age of architecture.
Today, the Bacardi Building is celebrated as one of the finest examples of Art Deco in Latin America, a fusion of Cuban spirit and international style that continues to captivate travelers, photographers, and lovers of design.
When I was much younger (much!), I always thought it would be pretty cool to say we went to Texas for the weekend!
Texas is a small rural town in the Goondiwindi Regional Council area of Queensland. It was once at the end of a Queensland Railways branch line from Inglewood which served a cattle yard (for loading and sales that is) as well as the last rabbit works in Australia. It was also a good tobacco growing region of all things. The railway has long gone, as are the rabbit freezing works which processed rabbits caught when they were in plague proportions. That's another story. There is also a small but active railway enthusiast community working on a museum at the site of the old station.
After good rain in recent months, the countryside is lush and the cattle are fattening. Strangely, not far away at Silver Spur on the road to Stanthorpe is an abandoned silver mine.
In the main street, this old art deco cinema became the Memorial Hall and RSL (Returned Serviceman's Club), although the signs of these uses have been removed and it seems to be mostly abandoned.
Here is the Wiki article on the interesting history of the town and there is a connection with the US state as you would expect. At one stage there was a store in town named after Dallas, but it seems to be gone now.
Originally called the Medical Arts Building, now named the Tacoma Municipal Building (747 Market St) is a fine example of early Art Deco Architecture. Construction was finished in 1931 for $2 million; it was built to house the City's physicians.
The building was purchased by the City in 1977 and placed on the National Historic Register in 1978, and now houses the City's administrative functions.
I have participated in designing some modest remodel projects for the building in the past and always walk away from the building with a sense of admiration for the old girl, and the hope that our work adds to the life of her.
Hastings is located in Hawke's Bay on the eastern coast of the North Island, New Zealand.
Hastings and Napier - the twin cities - are popular tourist cities, with a unique concentration of 1930s Art Deco architecture.
Known in English as The National Basilica of the Sacred Heart - a beautiful Art-Deco structure built in 1935.
I never had any idea Brussels was this hilly. It does not live up to its reputation as a dull city either. On the contrary it is lively and exciting and a must visit for anyone interested in architecture.
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Autumn in Melbourne is always beautiful, with many wonderful deciduous trees full of colour like these Japanese maples outside the "Kia-Ora" apartment complex on Melbourne's grand elm tree lined boulevard, St Kilda Road.
Melbourne had a very good start to summer with not too many burning hot days and lots of rain, which means that the autumn display of leaves at present are simply glorious.
The Streamline Moderne "Kia-Ora" apartment complex was built in 1936. Featuring a stained glass stairwell window executed in a geometric design, reeded half columns flanking the very stylised vestibule door and a small amount of geometric decoration along the roofline, "Kia-Ora" is everything chic and stylish about inner city apartment living as much today as it was when they were built. Framed by manicured gardens, the U-shaped low-rise apartments feature distinctive curved Streamline Moderne balconies too.
The "Kia-Ora" apartment complex was commissioned by the Dixon family, who owned the "Kia-Ora" cordial factory, and designed by architect Lewis Levy (1890-1970).
When first built, they boasted wall panel hydronic heating, walk-in closets and modern kitchens.
After the Great War (1914 - 1918), higher costs of living and the "servant problem" made living in the grand mansions and villas built in the Victorian and Edwardian eras a far less practical and attractive option for both those looking for new housing, and those who lived in big houses. It was around this time, in answer to these problems, that flats and apartments began to replace some larger houses, including those that had formerly lined Melbourne's grand boulevard of St Kilda Road, and became fashionable to live in.
Flats like these would have suited those of comfortable means who could afford to live in such a prestigious and fashionable area, and dispense with the difficulties of keeping a large retinue of staff. With clean lines and large windows, it mirrored the prevailing uncluttered lines of architecture that came out of England after the war.
Augsburg architectural details 1: elegant Art Deco geometric trim.
© Su Schaefer 2017
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One of the things I love about my inner city neighbourhood is the fact that it is older, and has developed its character over a century. Originally it was populated sporadically by farm houses and squatters mansions in the mid 1800s, and over time it became more suburbanised, particularly with the arrival of the train and tram routes around the turn of the Twentieth Century, and then the extension of these as the "Metroland" housing estates of the 1920s and 30s sprung up.
I am very fortunate to live in an area where there are a lot of heritage overlays on the streets, and where there is a large and vocal heritage protection movement: so no unseemly high rises in our streets! As a result of age and a community who are proud of their streets, we have a wonderful diversity in beautiful architectural style of housing.
This year the FFF+ Group have decided to have a monthly challenge called “Freestyle On The Fifth”. A different theme chosen by a member of the group each month, and the image is to be posted on the 5th of the month.
This month the theme, “my neighbourhood” was chosen by Beverley (BlueberryAsh).
This collage celebrates the diversity of housing in my neighbourhood.
Top row: Victorian villas built in the mid to late Nineteenth Century.
Second row: Edwardian villas and mansions built from 1890 to 1910.
Third row left of the heart shaped fence: Edwardian villas built between 1910 and 1920.
Third row right of the heart shaped fence: Inter-War “Metroland” villas built between 1920 and 1925.
Fourth row: Inter-War “Metroland” villas built between 1925 and 1930.
Fifth row: Inter-War “Metroland” villas built between 1930 and 1939.
The architectural styles here include:
Victorian Filigree: a style developed as a result of the mass production of decorative cast iron lacework. This style of houses make verandahs and balconies a significant feature, and are considered very feminine buildings for their cast iron lacework.
Arts and Crafts: a style that grew from the British Arts and Crafts movement which was concerned with the integration of art into everyday life through the medium of craftsmanship. Houses of this style usually have wonderful brickwork, leadlighting and unusual layouts.
Queen Anne: a style was mostly a residential style inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement in England, but also encompassed some of the more stylised elements of Art Nouveau, which gave them a more decorative look. Tall chimneys, ornate timber fretwork, Art Nouveau stained glass, tall chimneys and ornamental towers were very popular features of Australian Queen Anne residences.
Californian Bungalow: a style that derives from the Arts and Crafts Movement and melds with the low-slung Prairie style house of American states like California. Homely and unpretentious, they usually encompass natural materials and finishes.
Art Deco: a European style that celebrated the exciting and dynamic aspects of the machine age. It was all about sleekness, sharp lines, and vivid decorative elements like fins, fans, speed lines, portal windows and low relief sculpture.
Old English: a style known unkindly as “Stockbroker Tudor” or “Mock Tudor” because it was taken up by the nouveau riche middle class of the 1920s and 1930s, it encompasses historical elements of the English Tudor and Elizabethan eras and provides instant respectability. Built of beautiful brick they usually feature decorative timber bargeboards, latticed leadlight windows, heraldic devices and herringbone brickwork panels.
Spanish Mission: a style that emerged in California during the interwar years and spread across the world. It is based on the architectural style of Spanish colonisation in places like New Mexico, Louisiana and California, the Franciscan Missions in particular. It was the choice of architectural style for American movie stars, so was seen as a slice of Hollywood glamour in the Australian suburbs.
Mediterranean: a style that relates to Spanish Mission style, but draws its ideals from classical Georgian architecture. Light and elegant, they reflect European Mediterranean environments with arcaded loggias, balustraded balconies and open terraces, suggesting a summery feel.
International Functionalist: a modernist style that attempted to show a brave new world of sleek, stylish architecture. Minimalistic, they hand little decoration, but what decoration there was, was simple and stripped back. These types of houses are usually filled with light.
Omaha Union Station (1931) was one of the first Art Deco train stations in the United States. It closed for rail service in the 1970s and now houses the Durham Museum. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971, the Station was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2016 (the designation noted that the Station "is one of the most distinctive and complete examples of Art Deco architecture in the nation. . . [and] outstandingly expresses the style’s innovative and diverse surface ornamentation inspired by the machine age.") See here for more on the station's architecture and history.
Omaha Union Station closed for rail service in the 1970s when a new Amtrak station opened nearby. The Station now houses the Durham Museum. As noted on the museum's website, the Durham showcases everything from "permanent exhibits highlighting the history of Omaha and its surrounding regions, to impressive traveling exhibitions from our national partners such as the Smithsonian Institution, the National Archives, the Library of Congress and the Field Museum."
The beautiful spiral staircase in the De La Warr pavilion facing out to the sea.
A non-HDR composition.
The lovely Art Deco Columbia building in Bay Village (former film distribution facility (which kinda ties in, thematically, here) for Boston's nearby Theater District). . . . In the style of Wes Anderson's "Asteroid City."
Processed to get this effect for sure. But this came out of the camera not too far off from this and sparked the idea for going all "Asteroid City" when processing. Director of Photography Robert Yeoman shot Wes Anderson's Asteroid City on KODAK 35mm film using natural light (Yeoman has served as Cinematographer for ten other Wes Anderson films, all shot on analog film). “It was kind of going back to what the early pioneers of film did,” Yeoman said. “They built sets [out in the sunlight] and just put diffusion cloth on top.” Indoor scenes were shot with natural light by use of skylights. Oh, and do see "Asteroid City." ("You took a picture of me." "Uh huh." "Why?" "I'm a photographer.").
The art deco clock tower of the Eastern Columbia Building in downtown Los Angeles, opened in 1930 The Eastern is one of the truly great examples of art deco architecture found anywhere in the world and one of the best surviving art deco buildings in downtown LA's historic core
View of Archway and The Governer's Inn with his clock tower from Marine Parade, Napier, New Zealand.
Napier - called Ahuriri in the Māori language - is located in Hawke's Bay on the eastern coast of the North Island, New Zealand.
Napier and Hastings - the twin cities - are popular tourist cities, with a unique concentration of 1930s Art Deco architecture.
Focusing on the details, this photograph raises the question of visual appeal: the sleek, modern façade of the Tour Paradis stands in stark contrast to the curved lines and textured charm of the art deco apartment block in front of it. Whether harmonious or jarring, this juxtaposition is a striking example of how old and new coexist in the urban fabric of Liège – Belgium.
North Sydney Olympic Pool, built 1936-37: Frogs Detail
A charming blog entry celebrating this pool and Posted by: Simon Duffin on: 24/08/2015 is: 'North Sydney Olympic Pool – NSW 2000' [Ocean Pools NSW]
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The Pythian Temple
architect: Thomas W. Lamb, 1927
architectural style: Art Deco, Egyptian & Assyrian Revival Temple
Built as the Headquarters of the 120 Pythian lodges of New York City.
Converted to residential use by architect David Gura in 1986.
Manhattan, Upper West Side
Lincoln Square neighborhood
135 West 70th Street
New York City, NY
Will Rogers Memorial Center, the Tower and Auditorium in view. Photo taken from outside the Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, TX.
Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste / Church of St. John the Baptist in Molenbeek, Brussels. By architect Joseph Diongre, 1930.
The construction of the church took only 15 months. This was made possible by the use of reinforced concrete for the structure of the building - a choice dictated by economic concerns. The facade and the 56 m tower are partially covered with white Brauvilliers stone. Inside, parabolic arches bring lightness and space to the nave.
This Art Deco church received protected status in 1984.
The Pythian Temple
architect: Thomas W. Lamb, 1927
architectural style: Art Deco, Egyptian & Assyrian Revival Temple
Built as the Headquarters of the 120 Pythian lodges of New York City.
Converted to residential use by architect David Gura in 1986.
Manhattan, Upper West Side
Lincoln Square neighborhood
135 West 70th Street
New York City, NY
The Pythian Temple
architect: Thomas W. Lamb, 1927
architectural style: Art Deco, Egyptian & Assyrian Revival Temple
Built as the Headquarters of the 120 Pythian lodges of New York City.
Converted to residential use by architect David Gura in 1986.
Manhattan, Upper West Side
Lincoln Square neighborhood
135 West 70th Street
New York City, NY
The New York City skyline featuring the Chrysler Building and the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge.
Looking out towards Queens past the beautiful architectural masterpiece that is the Chrysler Building and the skyscrapers that make up the midtown Manhattan skyline in the late summer.
I love how the horizon disappears into the summer haze this time of year. It makes the foreground skyline pop in the most wonderful manner.
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