A House in Perth

A fab Deco house in Perth. From memory it is on the south side of the Swan with views over to the city centre.

A House in Melbourne

I can't say enough about this stunning house in Armadale.

So I won't even try.

It is called Mon Reve and that name is inscribed on the amazing concrete gate posts with built-in lighting on top.

Applecross District Hall, Perth

Applecross District Hall by architects Eales, Cohen and Bennett (1934) is a great little building and quite rightly was given an A+ rating in the City of Melville Municipal Heritage Inventory 2004.

Great to see local government undertaking these these types of surveys to rate their local built environment with a view towards preservation.

Waalburg, Cape Town

The Art Deco Architecture Cape Town Map produced by the Cape Art Deco Society includes this building in Wale Street.

Now called Waalburg, it was originally the Sanlam and Sanlam insurance company and dates from 1932 by architects Louw and Louw.

Relief panels in bronze and Table Mountain stone depict the themes of life in south Africa.

Mai Jah Jah Fountain, Asmara

The Mai Jah Jah Fountain follows the steps down from the suburb of Gezzabanda towards the centre of Asmara.

Contructed from a series of large rounded columns this fountain with the surrounding flowerbeds certainly makes a statement.

From what I hear, I was lucky to see it with the water running because I know other people who have been to the fountain several times and never got to see it running.

Reference:
Asmara: Africa's Secret Modernist City~ Edward Denison, Guang Yu Ren & Naigzy Gebremedhim

Woy Woy, Elwood

Woy Woy is one of my favourite Melbourne buildings.

Designed by Geoffrey Mewton and constructed in 1936 it is ideally sited on Marine Parade near Elwood Canal.

It is a bit crowded in by it's neighbours now but for a short while there a couple of years ago there were vacant sites on either side and Woy Woy stood in beautiful isolation.

The St Kilda Historical Society have included a great write-up on Woy Woy in their publication A Place Sensuous Resort - Buildings of St Kilda and their People

BYFAS, Abbotsford

Robin Grow in Melbourne Art Deco features the BYFAS building in Abbotsford as a great example of re-use of an industrial building to meet 21st Century requirements. The 1937 building was designed by Joseph Plottel and was converted into apartments in 2002.

Going under various names incorporating the name Yarra Falls, from which the contraction BYFAS is derived, the building was originally part of a spinning mill and textile production complex.

According to the City of Yarra website parachute silk was manufatured here during WWII.