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The best of Art-Deco architecture still standing in Glasgow today
Here’s the best examples of Art-Deco architecture still standing in Glasgow today! The scene: Glasgow, the setting: the 1930’s - it’s a brave new world out there folks, a sleek new age full ...
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Why Scotland’s first skyscraper – built for the 1938 Empire Exhibition – was (unexpectedly?) demolished just one year later
Built in 1938, the art deco Tower of Empire ... from which visitors to the Empire Exhibition in Glasgow could look out across 170 acres of remarkable new architecture. Glasgow’s Empire ...
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Art Deco
A decorative style of bold geometric shapes and bright colours, it encompassed furniture, textiles, ceramics, sculpture and architecture. The term ‘Arts Decoratifs’ (later shortened to Art Deco in the ...
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Incredible apartment in historic Glasgow building hits the market
the Beresford is a seven-storey building and one of Glasgow's most recognisable and cherished examples of Art Deco or 'streamline moderne' architecture. The category B-listed building opened in ...
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Carbon warning over Glasgow flats demolition
With a slight art-deco style to its design, the building has stood there since the 1930s. Only the historic facade is expected to be retained. The Glasgow ... planner from Architecture and Design ...