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• An Ipswich incinerator: Walter Burley Griffin’s Queensland legacy

  By queenslanddecoproject on November 26, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

  Queen’s Park, 10A Milford Street, Ipswich The decorative elegance of Art Deco does not immediately call to mind something so utilitarian as rubbish incineration. But enter one of the world’s most pre-eminent modern architects, Walter Burley Griffin, and majestic form becomes imaginatively fused… Read More ›

• Art Deco on the field: 1930s racing fashion

  By queenslanddecoproject on November 3, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  A day at the races was popular entertainment in the Art Deco period, part of the spectacle of seeing and being seen that was a hallmark of modernity. Then as now, women’s fashion was central to this spectacle. Each of… Read More ›

• Walter Taylor Bridge: a story of suspension

  By queenslanddecoproject on October 29, 2014 • ( 8 )

  

  Coonan Street, Indooroopilly, Brisbane Walter Taylor Bridge, an elegant Art Deco crossing in Brisbane’s suburban west, has a cousin few might suspect – that grand and iconic bridge that graces Sydney Harbour. The relationship is firstly a material one, with Walter Taylor… Read More ›

• Sporting women: 1920s fashion

  By queenslanddecoproject on October 22, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

  Queensland and sport go hand-in-hand, so sportswear seems a natural place to start when thinking about the influence of Art Deco sensibilities on local women’s fashion. Across the Western world, the 1920s saw a boom in women’s sporting participation, linked… Read More ›

• DIY Deco furniture

  By queenslanddecoproject on October 20, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

  While Queensland did not suffer as much as more industrialised economies in the Great Depression, times were still trying for many people. By 1931 Queensland’s unemployment rate had risen to 30%. This set up a very different decade to the… Read More ›

• Coronet Flats: modern apartment living arrives in Brisbane

  By queenslanddecoproject on October 3, 2014 • ( 6 )

  

  995 Brunswick Street, New Farm, Brisbane Regular visitors to popular New Farm Park will be familiar with Coronet Flats, one of Brisbane’s most renowned Art Deco landmarks. Many stories could no doubt be told of lives lived there, but the building itself… Read More ›

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