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Synchronicity max as 2025 marks both the #ArtDecoCentenary & #Glasgow850 celebrations! 🎉🎉 Looking forward to much more of both in the year ahead as revealed in the places, stories & designs that've shaped our unique landscape 💚 #Glasgow #ArtDeco #DearGreenPlace #ArtDeco100 #ArtDecoSouthsideAlive ✨
January 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
squattersdaughter.bsky.social
Deco of the Week #17: Art Deco is officially 100 this year! To celebrate, I've decided to post a weekly photo of a Sydney Art Deco building. This week: The magnificent Anzac Memorial, Sydney (1934), photographed on Anzac Day. #artdeco #architecture
#artdecoat100
#artdecocentenary #anzacday
Anzac War Memorial, Sydney (1934) - Side elevation showing sculptures by Rayner Hoff. #artdeco #architecture #artdecoat100 #artdecocentenary #anzacday Anzac Memorial, Sydney (1934) - Liverpool St elevation. Anzac Memorial, Sydney (1934) - 3/4 view.
April 30, 2025 at 9:24 AM
squattersdaughter.bsky.social
Deco of the Week #37: Art Deco is officially 100 this year! To celebrate, I've decided to post a weekly photo of a Sydney Art Deco building. This week: Rockdale Town Hall (1940), Rockdale. #artdeco #architecture #artdecoat100 #artdecocentenary
Rockdale Town Hall (1940) - Detail of clock tower. Rockdale Town Hall (1940) - Detail of original doorway with chrome fittings, and pressed metal ceiling. Rockdale Town Hall (1940) - Side elevation as seen from corner of Bryant St and Princes Highway. Rockdale Town Hall (1940) - view of side and clock tower as seen from Bryant St.
September 17, 2025 at 4:44 AM
sghetorg.bsky.social
#ArtDecoCentenary Before the 1938 Empire Exhibition there were the Wembley Empire Exhibitions of 1924/1925. In both London & #Glasgow's mega events "new design ideas rubbed shoulders with stereotyped depictions of global cultures" #ArtDeco #ArtDeco100 #ArtDecoSouthsideAlive📹 bsky.app/profile/artd...
artdecosocuk.bsky.social Art Deco Society UK @artdecosocuk.bsky.social · Jun 25
In case you missed it, you can now watch the recording of one of our past talks on The Wonders of Wembley: Innovation at the Empire Exhibitions You can find it on our YouTube channel www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTsL...
July 20, 2025 at 7:33 PM
sghetorg.bsky.social
Lead on, Macduff: how the tide turned for Aberdeenshire’s #ArtDeco lido at Tarlair @theguardian.com story on community action that's led to this pavilion's restoration. Next stage is to reopen the adjoining sea pools 🏊 @future-lidos.bsky.social 💚 #ArtDecoCentenary www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
Lead on, Macduff: how the tide turned for Aberdeenshire’s art deco lido
The pavilion at Tarlair lido, on the coast outside Macduff, has reopened after a decade-long restoration campaign. Now swimmers await the whistle to hit the pools again
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June 2, 2025 at 7:57 PM
sghetorg.bsky.social
Our fave of course would have to be the #ArtDeco Beresford Hotel on Sauchiehall St #Glasgow completed in 1938 to host visitors to the Empire Exhibition in the city's Southside #WorldArtDecoDay #ArtDecoCentenary bsky.app/profile/past...
pastglasgow.co.uk Past Glasgow @pastglasgow.co.uk · Jun 6
This ad for the Beresford Hotel featured on the back cover of the "Official Guide to Glasgow", 1947. Built for the 1938 Empire Exhibition, it featured rooftop kennels for guests travelling with canine companions. It was designed, owned, and operated by William Beresford Inglis.
April 28, 2025 at 9:26 PM
sghetorg.bsky.social
Yay! Happy #ArtDecoCentenary There's lots to celebrate 🥰 bsky.app/profile/sghe...
sghetorg.bsky.social South Glasgow Heritage & Environment Trust @sghetorg.bsky.social · Jan 5
Synchronicity max as 2025 marks both the #ArtDecoCentenary & #Glasgow850 celebrations! 🎉🎉 Looking forward to much more of both in the year ahead as revealed in the places, stories & designs that've shaped our unique landscape 💚 #Glasgow #ArtDeco #DearGreenPlace #ArtDeco100 #ArtDecoSouthsideAlive ✨
February 21, 2025 at 10:47 PM
sghetorg.bsky.social
🎉Our Southside ⭐️ for #WorldArtDecoDay ~ Kinning Park Co-operative Store Extension, Bridge St (1935) the most vivid Jazz Modern #ArtDeco building in south #Glasgow w/ stone-carved zig zags, arrows, fluting & stylised floral motifs adorned with tassels beneath #ArtDecoCentenary #ArtDecoSouthsideAlive
A photo taken in June 2024 of the Art Deco style Kinning Park Co-operative Store Extension, Bridge St, in south Glasgow, designed by architect Cornelius Armour.
April 28, 2025 at 7:33 PM
squattersdaughter.bsky.social
Deco of the Week #2: Art Deco is officially 100 this year! To celebrate, I've decided to post a weekly photo of a Sydney Art Deco building. This week: Randwick Ritz Theatre (1937).
#artdeco #architecture #artdecoat100 #artdecocentenary
Exterior of the Art Deco Randwick Ritz Theatre (1937). Interior of the Randwick Ritz Theatre (1937). Interior of the Randwick Ritz Theatre (1937).
January 15, 2025 at 12:33 AM
sghetorg.bsky.social
More great #ArtDecoCentenary news in Scotland ~ restoration & adaptation @ the Category-A listed #ArtDeco Tarlair Lido Pavilion in Aberdeenshire is complete w/ pool works the next stage in full renewal of the site's original purpose! 🎉 Before & after pics 📷 #ArtDeco100 🏊🥰 bsky.app/profile/ckph...
ckphotography.bsky.social Colin Kerr @ckphotography.bsky.social · May 13
A set of images following up on my image yesterday of Tarlair cafe. The first 2 are from 2022 and the reat from last week.
More in the comments. An amazing transformation I believe from a volunteer group of locals
FYI @sarahlonges.bsky.social
May 15, 2025 at 7:14 PM
sghetorg.bsky.social
#ArtDeco Scotland: Design And Architecture In The Jazz Age ... exhibition attached to the book opens this Sat 5 April until Mon 28 April @glasgowschoolofart.bsky.social ✨️ #ArtDecoCentenary #ArtDeco100 ✨️ gsaexhibitions.co.uk/exhibition/a...
Art Deco Scotland: Design And Architecture In The Jazz Age | The Glasgow School of Art Exhibitions Department
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April 3, 2025 at 7:19 PM
sghetorg.bsky.social
⏳ Counting down the days to Xmas & beyond 🎄 ... #Glasgow is getting warmed-up, stylish as ever (here in a poster for a Buchanan St store) for the #ArtDecoCentenary in 2025! 🎉✨ #ArtDecoSouthsideAlive #ArtDeco bsky.app/profile/lost...
lostglasgow.bsky.social Lost Glasgow @lostglasgow.bsky.social · Dec 2
Old McDonald's had some charm...

A little glimpse of a glam Glasgow Christmas catalogue, 1937-style.

Pic: Glasgow School of Art Archives
December 3, 2024 at 9:20 PM
squattersdaughter.bsky.social
Deco of the Week #34: Art Deco is officially 100 this year! To celebrate, I've decided to post a weekly photo of a Sydney Art Deco building. This week: Bible House (1938). #artdeco #architecture #artdecoat100 #artdecocentenary
Bible House (1938), Sydney. View of front facade. Bible House (1938). Close up of upper facade showing decorative sculpture detail.
August 26, 2025 at 11:59 PM
sghetorg.bsky.social
Good item on BBC Front Row about #ArtDeco design, the new book 'Art Deco Scotland' by Bruce Peter & the celebration events around the #ArtDecoCentenary being hosted by @artdecosocuk.bsky.social ✨ Our own Southside Art Deco guidebook will be out later in the year 📚🎧 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Front Row - Peter Mullan as Bill Shankly, 100 years of Art Deco, Jonathan Pie - BBC Sounds
Peter Mullan as Bill Shankly, 100 years of art deco, Jonathan Pie, the music of birdsong.
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March 26, 2025 at 8:16 PM
squattersdaughter.bsky.social
Deco of the Week #4: Art Deco is officially 100 this year! To celebrate, I've decided to post a weekly photo of a Sydney Art Deco building. This week: Cronulla Train Station (1939). #artdeco #architecture
#artdecoat100
#artdecocentenary
Street view of Cronulla Train Station. Milk Bar at Cronulla Train Station Curved ceiling details at Cronulla Train Station.
January 28, 2025 at 11:55 PM
squattersdaughter.bsky.social
Deco of the Week #38: Art Deco is officially 100 this year! To celebrate, I've decided to post a weekly photo of a Sydney Art Deco building. This week: Grand Hotel (built 1893, renovated 1941), Rockdale. #artdeco #architecture #artdecoat100 #artdecocentenary
Grand Hotel, Rockdale (1941) - rear view as seen from opposite side of Princes Highway. Grand Hotel, Rockdale (1941) - close up of decorative terracotta detail. Grand Hotel, Rockdale (1941) - view from across the Princes Highway. Grand Hotel, Rockdale (1941) - close up of corner detail and entrance.
September 24, 2025 at 12:48 AM
squattersdaughter.bsky.social
Deco of the Week #36: Art Deco is officially 100 this year! To celebrate, I've decided to post a weekly photo of a Sydney Art Deco building. This week: A faded beauty ready for renewal, the Sandringham Hotel (1936) Newtown. #artdeco #architecture #artdecoat100 #artdecocentenary
Facade of the Sandringham Hotel (1936) Newtown. Entranceway to the Sandringham Hotel (1936) Newtown.
September 10, 2025 at 3:56 AM
sghetorg.bsky.social
✨ Details of #ArtDeco fixtures & fittings in YOUR south #Glasgow home could feature in our new guidebook (addresses will be kept private) ✨

** DEADLINE for messaging or emailing us pics is Sun 13th April ** (details in thread below) #ArtDecoCentenary #ArtDecoSouthsideAlive bsky.app/profile/sghe...
sghetorg.bsky.social South Glasgow Heritage & Environment Trust @sghetorg.bsky.social · Mar 16
📢 ART DECO DETAILS HUNT: Do any original #ArtDeco fixtures survive in your south #Glasgow home that could feature in our upcoming new guidebook..? Such as bathroom tiles, stained glass, door handles, or fireplaces like these? ✨ Contact us here or on email #ArtDecoSouthsideAlive 👉 sghet.com/contact/
Cream, green and gold-tiled Art Deco fireplace courtesy of Edward Elderman, USA, on X. Mottled brown and beige tiled Art Deco fireplace, courtesy of Shire Surveyors in Leicestershire, England, on X. A salvaged 1930s Art Deco polished steel fireplace and surround, courtesy of Edward Elderman, USA, on X. Off-white tiled streamline moderne Art Deco fireplace from Kelvin Court in Glasgow, courtesy of Patricia Ferguson. Kelvin Court on Great Western Road, Anniesland, in the north west of Glasgow was completed in 1938, and designed by architect James Newton Fatkin.
March 31, 2025 at 8:27 PM
squattersdaughter.bsky.social
Deco of the Week #8: Art Deco is officially 100 this year! To celebrate, I've decided to post a weekly photo of a Sydney Art Deco building. This week: Former W.D. & H.O. Wills/Penfolds Building (1947?) - now Ikea - Tempe
#artdeco #architecture
#artdecoat100
#artdecocentenary
Former W.D. & H.O. Wills / Penfolds Building, Tempe - side elevation. Former W.D. & H.O. Wills / Penfolds Building, Tempe - From Street Former W.D. & H.O. Wills / Penfolds Building, Tempe - Clock Tower Former W.D. & H.O. Wills / Penfolds Building, Tempe - from opposite side of Princes Highway.
February 26, 2025 at 5:32 AM
squattersdaughter.bsky.social
Deco of the Week #12: Art Deco is officially 100 this year! To celebrate, I've decided to post a weekly photo of a Sydney Art Deco building. This week: Enmore Theatre (1912, renovated 1937).
#artdeco #architecture
#artdecoat100
#artdecocentenary
Enmore Theatre (1912, renovated 1937) - View from street. Enmore Theatre (1912, renovated 1937) - Exterior doors. Enmore Theatre (1912, renovated 1937) - Box Office Enmore Theatre (1912, renovated 1937) - Interior ceiling detail.
March 26, 2025 at 3:09 AM
squattersdaughter.bsky.social
Deco of the Week #14: Art Deco is officially 100 this year! To celebrate, I've decided to post a weekly photo of a Sydney Art Deco building. This week: Former Marie Louise Hair Salon (circa 1940), Enmore.
#artdeco #architecture
#artdecoat100
#artdecocentenary
Former Marie Louise Hair Salon, Enmore (circa 1940). Deco of the Week #14: Art Deco is officially 100 this year! To celebrate, I've decided to post a weekly photo of a Sydney Art Deco building. This week: Former Marie Louise Hair Salon (circa 1940), Enmore. #artdeco #architecture #artdecoat100 #artdecocentenary
April 9, 2025 at 4:16 AM
squattersdaughter.bsky.social
Deco of the Week #28: Art Deco is officially 100 this year! To celebrate, I've decided to post a weekly photo of a Sydney Art Deco building. This week: The magnificent City Mutual Life Assurance Building (1936). #artdeco #architecture
#artdecoat100
#artdecocentenary
City Mutual Life Assurance Building (1936), Sydney - Corner elevation at Hunter St and Bligh St. City Mutual Life Assurance Building (1936), Sydney. Looking upwards at jagged facade. City Mutual Life Assurance Building (1936), Sydney. Detail of Rayner Hoff sculpture above main entrance. City Mutual Life Assurance Building (1936), Sydney. View from Bligh St.
July 16, 2025 at 12:01 PM
squattersdaughter.bsky.social
Deco of the Week #46: Art Deco is officially 100 this year! To celebrate, I've decided to post a weekly photo of a Sydney Art Deco building. This week: Golden Barley Hotel (1939), Enmore. #artdeco #architecture #artdecoat100 #artdecocentenary
Golden Barley Hotel (1939), Enmore - as seen from intersection of Edgware Rd & Llewellyn St. Golden Barley Hotel (1939), Enmore - as seen from Llewellyn St. Golden Barley Hotel (1939), Enmore - Close up of decorative parapet and flagpole. Golden Barley Hotel (1939), Enmore - decorative signage as seen from Llewellyn St.
November 18, 2025 at 11:40 PM
squattersdaughter.bsky.social
Deco of the Week #45: Art Deco is officially 100 this year! To celebrate, I've decided to post a weekly photo of a Sydney Art Deco building. This week: Babinda Apartments (1938), Randwick. #artdeco #architecture #artdecoat100 #artdecocentenary
Babinda Apartments, Randwick (1938) - 3/4 view. Babinda Apartments, Randwick (1938) - Corner showing decorative brickwork and balconies. Babinda Apartments, Randwick (1938) - 3/4 view from opposite side of Belmore Rd. Babinda Apartments, Randwick (1938) - view of Belmore St frontage showing decorative brickwork and balconies.
November 11, 2025 at 10:43 PM
sghetorg.bsky.social
🔔 Huge news for McNair & Elder's 1938 streamline / international style #ArtDeco cinema ~ the dilapidated B-listed #Govan Lyceum (converted to bingo hall 1981 & closed completely 2006) will take centre stage in Govan town centre renewal ✨🎉 #ArtDecoCentenary #Glasgow www.urbanrealm.com/news/2026/03...
Lyceum Cinema to lead Govan town centre revival - March 2026 - News - Urban Realm
Govan is to benefit from a £3m funding announcement that will support a range of heritage projects across the area over the next five years. National Lottery He
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March 26, 2026 at 8:57 PM