The unexpected interior of Swansea University Library, dating 1937 and designed by Verner Owen Rees #ModernistMonday
57 Marine Drive, Rhos-on-sea, appears to have been built for Mrs Royle of Cheshire by local builder William Evans in c.1937. Known as Elyor House, the property was built in a striking Moderne style popular in the seaside resorts of north Wales. #ModernistMonday
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Abbey Theatre | Abbey Street | Scott Tallon Walker, 1966
#dublin #abbeytheatre #scotttallonwalker #stwarchitects #architecture #arquitectura #thephotohour #modernistmonday
#modernistmonday Bounds Green, Wood Green, Turnpike Lane & Arnos Grove Tube Stations. Photographed last summer while on the walking tour of the Piccadilly Line organized by Modernism in Metroland #artdeco #London #underground #architecture #buildings
Former PMPA HQ | Wolfe Tone Street | Scott Tallon Walker, 1978
[Sculpture: Ag Crú na Gréine by Jackie McKenna, 2003]
#dublin #architecture #arquitectura #stwarchitects #robinwalker #ThePhotoHour #modernistmonday #jackiemckenna
For #ModernistMonday and #TourDeFrance2022 we're continuing our cycling theme with this stylish poster for Peugeot bicycles:
Elevations and details of Marine Court #StLeonards . Designed by Kenneth Dalgleish and Roger K Pullen it was the tallest residential building in Britain when it opened in 1938. It was marketed as a 'Luxury Liner on Land' #ModernistMonday
Transport House built 1959 by JJ Brennan as the Belfast HQ for the Amalgamated Transport and General Workers Union. NI's youngest Listed Building, designated in 1994! #ModernistMonday 1/2
For #ModernistMonday we're posting this rather fabulous 1926 jazz-age Theatre World magazine from our archive. Not sure many folks would opt for a hot cup of Oxo after the show these days...
#ModernistMonday Possibly not loved by many but Kingston Ho Hull represents the rational spirit of postwar rebuilding. Designed by Fry, Drew & Ptns c 1965. Jane Drew was a pioneering woman architect with an international career & founder of the modern movement in Britain
Talar Wen, Llangadog, Carms, 1953 and designed by Dewi-Prys Thomas for his sister and brother-in-law, Rhiannon and Gwynfor Evans (president of Plaid Cymru and first member of the party to be voted to the Westminster parliament). Not listed.
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📷 Monica Cherry
Finglas Main Centre | Unknown architect, 1966
#dublin #architecture #arquitectura #ThePhotoHour #modernistmonday
Coastguard Station, Tutt Head, Mumbles. Built in 1982, the station closed for active service in 2015, though used as offices since. Plans are now in discussion for (hopefully sympathetic) reuse of this amazing structure. #ModernistMonday #MaritimeMonday
📷 by Peter Halliday
#ModernistMonday Spotted this little gem on a wander round Peckham Rye - it was designed for British Home Stores in late 1950s by architect George Coles who is much bettern known for his art deco cinemas for the Odeon chain C20 Society
#ModernistMonday Art Deco Society UK
Thought I'd share with you our little #artdeco gem of paint factory hidden away here in #Bethesda #Gwynedd
For #ModernistMonday a #1930s image of the newly-built Marine Avenue at Beachlands, #PevenseyBay . Love the curve on that bridge in the foreground and the corner windows of the #bungalows 😍
#seaside #artdeco