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Dec 7, 2020 · This Napier Art Deco guide shows you the top 10 places in Napier’s Art Deco quarter including a map pinpointing each one so you can easily find them all and plan your route. 1. Public Trust Office. 100 Tennyson Street, Napier South. 2. Lone Star Cafe & Bar. Corner Marine Parade &, Emerson Street, Napier.
Feb 19, 2016 · To help protect, preserve and promote Napier’s rich architectural heritage, the city formed an Art Deco Trust in 1985. For the past 18 years, the trust has held an annual Tremains Art Deco ...
Aug 11, 2016 · Napier, New Zealand. The self-proclaimed Art Deco Capital of the World, the New Zealand city was rebuilt after a 1931 earthquake with a dense concentration of Art Deco...
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- Birtley Towers, 8 Birtley Pl, Elizabeth Bay
- 17 Wylde St, Potts Point
- The Winston, Potts Point
- Adereham Hall, Elizabeth Bay
- Ashdown, Elizabeth Bay
- The Metro/Minerva Theatre, Potts Point
- Macleay Regis, Potts Point
Birtley Towers in Elizabeth Bay is considered one of the high points of Art Deco residential architecture in Australia | Photograph: Supplied/Peter Sheridan This nine-storey Art Deco-style residential apartment building is an adaptation of the American skyscraper. It was the largest apartment block in Australia when completed in 1934, and the first...
The curved facade of 17 Wylde St in Potts Point | Photograph: Supplied/Peter Sheridan Designed by Aaron Bolot and completed in 1950, 17 Wylde Street was unique for its time. Not giving the building a name was a big deal, as was its pioneering Community Cooperative title (an early form of strata title). It was one of the first curved buildings in Sy...
This building in the modern functional style is possibly named after Winston Churchill | Photograph: Supplied/Peter Sheridan This nine-storey building in the modern functional style is possibly named after Winston Churchill, the famous wartime British Prime Minister. Housing 49 apartments, curved windows at the corners of the building add a touch o...
The Art deco facade of Adereham Hall in Elizabeth Bay | Photograph: Supplied/Peter Sheridan Sitting on the edge of Macleay Reserve and nicknamed ‘Gotham City’ by locals, Adereham Hall is a nine-storey, 35-metre-high concrete apartment block completed in 1934 and a prominent feature of the local skyline. It originally had 25 apartments and is a clas...
The facade of the Ashdown building in Elizabeth Bay | Photograph: Supplied/Peter Sheridan Completed in 1938, Ashdown is a splendid example of European Modernism or Functionalist Art Deco. It exhibits a bold curved bay at the front, planar wall surfaces, metal framed windows in horizontal bands and a flat roof. The two entrances on the side of the b...
The stunning curved facade of The Metro/Minerva Theatre in Potts Point | Photograph: Supplied/Peter Sheridan The theatre has long been assocaited with the nightlife of Kings Cross and Sydney’s stage and screen world.The architect was Bruce Dellit, who also designed the Anzac War Memorial in Hyde Park. But after he fell ill, a more modest version of...
The grand entrance of the Art Deco building the Macleay Regis in Potts Point | Photograph: Supplied/Peter Sheridan One of the last of the grand Art Deco apartment blocks, completed just before the start of the World War II in 1939, Macleay Regis had a New York-style and catered for a wealthy clientele, with 87 apartments and a penthouse. It contain...
Luna Park’s entrance pays homage to New York’s Chrysler Building. Credit: Peter Sheridan My initial aim was to compile a small book of art deco highlights for visitors to Sydney, but I ...
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Jun 29, 2018 · The Masonic Hotel is one of the 140 art deco buildings in Napier. Art deco weekend (a major Napier event in February) If you’re in New Zealand in February, grab some 1930s-period apparel and head to Napier for the art deco weekend. It’s a citywide-themed party that attracts over 40k people over four days.
Book Now. Phone Email Map Web. Art Deco Trust. 7 Tennyson Street, Napier, Hawke's Bay. Make the Art Deco Centre your first stop to find out more about the devastating 1931 earthquake and the rebuild of the city in the style of the times - Art Deco.
