A new book out from Rizzoli takes a rich visual tour of the Cuban capital’s modern architecture and interiors
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Visited as part of Open House 2009. Unusual 1930s ship-shaped school building, converted to nursery. Dropped ceilings and child-height porthole windows give suitable scale of space whilst complementing external elevations. Grade II listed. Civic Trust commendation 2000. This elegant building was designed by the architects to the Borough of Ilford in 1934, although no individual name has been traced. It was built for the teaching of domestic science subjects but had stood empty since 1983.
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Visited as part of Open House 2009. Unusual 1930s ship-shaped school building, converted to nursery. Dropped ceilings and child-height porthole windows give suitable scale of space whilst complementing external elevations. Grade II listed. Civic Trust commendation 2000. This elegant building was designed by the architects to the Borough of Ilford in 1934, although no individual name has been traced. It was built for the teaching of domestic science subjects but had stood empty since 1983.
Welcome to the wonderful world of inter-war Streamline Moderne. A branch of Art Deco (a reaction to it, some argue), Streamline Moderne grew from industrial styling practices of the 1930s. It can b…
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where are these houses in kettering ? are there more in the road ? pic from a 1930s house manual...i love them !
Streamline Moderne, with an unexpected -e at the end, is a highly influential architectural and industrial design styles of the 1930-1950 period. It has its origins in Art Deco, but goes beyond it by smoothing out Art Deco’s features and
‘La arquitectura ha de ser moderna, como un avión en el que no sobra ni falta ningún elemento’ Casto Fernández Shaw El estilo aerodinámico, Streamline Moderne en inglés o también Moderne Style, es la arquitectura inspirada en barcos y aviones típica del segundo periodo del Art Decó, ya en la década de 1930. En esa década la arquitectura pasa a ser futurista y, mediante sus formas y motivos, ensalza la máquina y la velocidad, sobre todo la de locomotoras, transatlánticos, automóviles o aviones. El nuevo estilo arquitectónico, salpicado de elementos náuticos, enfatizaba las formas curvas, las superficies desnudas y la horizontalidad. La arquitectura aerodinámica tuvo un ejemplo temprano en la construcción de los hangares para dirigibles de Orly por Freyssinet (1925). Pero es el Edificio Chrysler de Nueva York el que se considera hito de transición entre la primera fase del Art Decó –Zigzag Moderne- y la segunda, conocida como Streamline Moderne o Moderne Style. Es decir, el moderno estilo aerodinámico. Para los detalles del rascacielos -construido entre 1929 y 1931-, el arquitecto William Van Alen se inspiró en el modelo Chrysler Plymouth de 1929. Empezando por arriba, la aguja (de 37 metros) está cubierta de acero inoxidable para darle el lustre de un coche recién salido de fábrica. Justo debajo de ella, el característico remate en curvas que evoca la rejilla del radiador de un coche, decorado con tapacubos arquitectónicos y estilizados. Las cuatro gárgolas aladas de acero recuerdan los ornamentos del capó del Plymouth. El diseño del Chrysler Building causó furor: a finales de los años 30, todo lucía ya un diseño aerodinámico, desde las teteras a los automóviles, de las tostadoras a los encendedores. En una época de exaltación tecnológica, la estética de la máquina –aeroplanos, automóviles y trasatlánticos- constituye una fuente de inspiración, como ya apuntaba Le Corbusier en su libro ‘Hacia una nueva arquitectura’. Pero junto a la fascinación por el progreso y la máquina, hubo otros factores que contribuyeron a crear la arquitectura aerodinámica: el futurismo italiano y el expresionismo alemán, sobre todo la figura de Erich Mendelsohn y su Mosse Haus en Berlín, una influencia capital. Hubo en nuestro país arquitectos pioneros como Casto Fernández-Shaw, que ya empleaba el término ‘arquitectura dinámica’ en la España de los años 20. En 1927 firmaría ese emblema de la modernidad española que fue la gasolinera de la calle Alberto Aguilera de Madrid. Sus formas no son gratuitas: el propio arquitecto se consideraba a sí mismo investigador y teórico de la corriente "aerodinámica" o "arquitectura aérea". Su exploración llegaría al límite dos años después, en 1929, cuando se presenta al concurso del aeropuerto de Barajas, que diseña con forma de aeroplano junto al ingeniero Rogelio Sol (imagen inferior). Al igual que el visionario Fernández-Shaw, la arquitectura aerodinámica da la espalda a la historia y basa su inspiración en una iconografía maquinista que evoca imágenes de dinamismo, ligereza y funcionalidad. Las construcciones más audaces de la época recrean una potente simbología aerodinámica. Edificios, balcones y torres se curvan, se doblan y fluyen por puro placer. Atrás queda la arquitectura anterior, estática y pesada: la arquitectura moderna, fluida y a la vez enérgica, era la arquitectura del movimiento, la que reflejaba el estilo de la agitada vida moderna. Y son los edificios más relacionados con ella los primeros en asumir estas nuevas líneas arquitectónicas: gasolineras, aeropuertos, estaciones de autobús, clubes náuticos, cines, piscinas o salas de fiesta, para ir transformando otras tipologías como fábricas y mercados. En el caso de España, la arquitectura aerodinámica prende con fuerza en gran número de cines así como en muchos mercados municipales que se construyen entonces: el de Olavide en Madrid (desaparecido), el de Abastos de Algeciras (1935, de Eduardo Torroja) o el de San Agustín en La Coruña, de Santiago Rey Pedreira (1932). No obstante, el estilo aerodinámico tuvo mayor arraigo en el continente americano, concretamente en Estados Unidos, donde se consagró como el estilo que devolvería al país su liderazgo y su optimismo tras el colapso económico del 29. A su extraordinaria difusión contribuyó decididamente el cine, de modo que la arquitectura aerodinámica se internacionaliza en los años 30 y es asimilada por el Art Decó como nueva versión de lo moderno. No olvidemos que eso, resultar rabiosamente moderno, era la máxima aspiración del estilo. Como también es indiscutible que, junto con el racionalismo más puro, el Art Decó aerodinámico formó parte en la España de los años 20 y 30 de la vanguardia arquitectónica.
View of the Shard, early morning More London is the name given to the stretch of land between London Bridge and Tower bridge on the south side of the River Thames and to the north of Bermondsey. More London is home to many cafes, restaurants and coffee shops, most of them chains, but all of them busy with the office workers and tourists here for the area's major tourist sites - Borough Market, Tower Bridge, HMS Belfast and great views across the river to the Tower of London, the Gherkin and the city skyline. The quarter also has a branch of the Hilton Hotel and hosts both City Hall and the Unicorn Theatre, unofficially known as the national theatre for children. The Shard, Europe's tallest building with its stunning views of London is just across the road from More London as is London Bridge Station, one of the busiest transport interchanges in the country. This development has grown up in the last ten years and transformed this part of the city. I have worked in and around this area on and off since 1988 when there were few shops, very few visitors and the only hotels in the area were hostels for homeless men that gave off an overpowering smell of bleach, urine and cigarettes. I know this because my work used to take me into the hostels to encourage the residents to use the Council's public library service. Corners, angles and a glimpse of Tower Bridge The extensive use of glass makes for interesting reflections and shadows Do I like More London? Yes, I do. Its where I buy my lunch on work days. And it also has some great architecture with it's tall buildings, sudden views of the Shard, Tower Bridge and the Tower of London through its alleyways, shadows, reflections, sharp edges and on some days, sudden gusts of wind that tare down the alleyways and leave ripples on the water in the small man made channel that runs through the main alley. Water plays a big part here. There are mini-fountains outside the Strada restaurant that young children like to run in and out of whilst the already mentioned channel seems to be an irresistible temptation to them to remove socks and shoes and paddle in the water. The water table outside Cafe Nero is also popular and tourists like to pose beside it for photographs. Occasionally and inexplicably, some people decide to sit on it for a photograph, perhaps not realising that the table is covered in real water and they are left to walk around in wet pants all day! The architecture is the work of a range of companies including Foster and partners. The photographs were taken either when collecting my strong black coffee on my way to work or at lunchtime when I go back for more! Look up! I love this sharp corner Tower Bridge and the water channel More London
Welcome to the wonderful world of inter-war Streamline Moderne. A branch of Art Deco (a reaction to it, some argue), Streamline Moderne grew from industrial styling practices of the 1930s. It can b…
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Poirot and an Art Deco gazelle figurine Deco perfection of Poirot : For an exposé on Art Deco , it’s hard to go past the Poirot series, based on the Agatha Christie books. Set in England in 1936, there is countless classic objects of the Art Deco era and superb Art Deco architecture. Worthwhile viewing for anyone studying the genre.The key character played by David Suchet, is the impeccable and slightly eccentric Hercule Poirot, a Belgium detective, of refined taste, with a penchant for dapper attire. The dandy Poirot, a doyen of the Belgium police force, has
An interesting house that's very much of its era - this 1930s Wells Coates and David Pleydell-Bouverie-designed four-bedroom Sunspan house in New Malden,
Welcome to the wonderful world of inter-war Streamline Moderne. A branch of Art Deco (a reaction to it, some argue), Streamline Moderne grew from industrial styling practices of the 1930s. It can b…
Art Deco HighTrees House Clapham Common
On the market back in December, the Sunpark 1930s art deco house in Brixham, Devon has just had a significant price drop.
Averil Burleigh Painting at 7 Wilbury Crescent, Hove by Charles H.H. Burleigh c. 1940 (@BrightonMuseums). Sussex. The artist’s wife.
A new book out from Rizzoli takes a rich visual tour of the Cuban capital’s modern architecture and interiors
Our retrospective image of 1930s America derives in large part from Norman Bel Geddes (1893–1958), the self-taught polymath who virtually invented the profession of industrial design. Thanks to Geddes and his pioneering New York firm, these were the years of Streamline Moderne, a particularly American variant of Modernism—smoother, softer, and more accessible than the stringent machine aesthetic of Le Corbusier or the late-phase Bauhaus. Yet Geddes never quite found a place in the pantheon of American high style designers, and the fascinating survey that the curator Donald Albrecht has put on at the Museum of the City of New York therefore comes as something of a rediscovery.
Johann-Dietrich Woerner, director general of the Paris-based European Space Agency, wants to build a village on the moon. What would the homes look like?
On the market back in December, the Sunpark 1930s art deco house in Brixham, Devon has just had a significant price drop.
Visited as part of Open House 2009. Unusual 1930s ship-shaped school building, converted to nursery. Dropped ceilings and child-height porthole windows give suitable scale of space whilst complementing external elevations. Grade II listed. Civic Trust commendation 2000. This elegant building was designed by the architects to the Borough of Ilford in 1934, although no individual name has been traced. It was built for the teaching of domestic science subjects but had stood empty since 1983.
Entrance, 130 Montgomery St, San Francisco
