Art Deco Scotland: Design and Architecture in the Jazz Age - Paperback
Art Deco is a design style infused with glamour and energy. Emerging from the smart metropolises of Paris and New York in the 1920s, its impact quickly spread beyond these cities.
2025 marked the centenary of the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes in Paris – the international exhibition considered the origin of Art Deco.
A remarkable range of Art Deco objects, structures and images were created in Scotland as architects and designers incorporated features of Art Deco and moderne into their work. These forms were to be found in fashionable new villas, luxury ocean liners and the fleeting Empire Exhibition, as well as in everyday spaces such as shops, lidos, tramcars, cafes, cinemas and even pithead baths.
In this beautifully illustrated paperback, Professor Bruce Peter explores the variety of Art Deco architecture and design across the country, including iconic structures such as the Beresford Hotel, the Radio Cinema in Kilbirnie, the Portobello Lido, the Tower of Empire in Glasgow and the Clyde-built Queen Mary.
Product Details
- Dimensions: 25 x 20.5cm (9.8" x 8")
- 368 pages
- Paperback
- ISBN - 9781849173650
- Publisher - Historic Environment Scotland
Author
Bruce Peter is a Professor of Design History at Glasgow School of Art. He is the author of a number of architecture and design books, primarily related to transport, leisure and entertainment.
Reviews
- The Times: ‘excellent’
- Undiscovered Scotland: ‘a magnificent book that excels in every way ... very well written and extensively and beautifully illustrated’
- The Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland Magazine: ‘a most welcome addition to our understanding of this period’
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