Sydney Art Deco Heritage

The site at 388 Pitt Street, Sydney, for the Civic hotel was purchased by Tooth & Company in 1937. The license was acquired in September 1940 when it was transferred from the City Railway hotel on Castlereagh Street. On completion of rebuilding in September 1940 to a design by R.A. Provost and Associates the hotel was a three storeyed brick stucture, with a flat concrete roof and a fully tiled ground floor exterior. The architectural style is known as P. & O. Ship Style because of its similarities to ocean liner forms. The builders were William Hughes & Co. The hotel was sold in August 1982. The Civic hotel was the finest of five hotels constructed in the interwar Functionalist style in the city during a short period between 1938 and 1942; the others are the Australian hotel (Broadway), the Hollywood hotel, the Clare Inn and Sutherlands hotel. The Civic Hotel was the last purpose built hotel in the city and its location reflects the former prominence of the district.

Located on the corner of Auburn Road and Queen Street in Auburn . the original hotel on the site was known as Furlong's Royal hotel. This Hotel was purchased by Tooth & Co in May 1939 and rebuilt to a design by Sidney Warden. Of all the architects that worked for Tooth & Co none designed more hotels than Sidney Warden. He left a legacy of 392 hotels (new and/or alterations to existing buildings) including the Oxford, the Light Brigade, the Mayfair, the Henson Park, the Broadway, the Lansdowne and many many more too numerous to mention. This is how the original hotel looked in 1936. After Tooth & Co purchased the hotel rebuilding commenced and was completed on the 2nd of December 1940. it was a two storeyed brick structure, roofed partly with tiles and partly with flat concrete blocks and had a fully tiled ground floor exterior. The architectural style is known as P. & O. Ship Style because of its similarities to ocean liner forms. The Public Bar had a r

Here are a couple of examples of modern Art Deco styling I saw in Chicago. Click on the image for a full resolution view. 1) Harpo Productions building - 1025W Randolph St Chicago Home of the Oprah Winfrey show. I discovered this quite by accident as I was looking for the Museum of Holography which is in the vicinity. The museum was closed but finding this building made the journey out of the city worthwhile. 2) Large Wall Sconces - 77 W Wacker St, Chicago. Nice modern Art Deco styling.